Minister of
Transportation and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike
Rotimi Amaechi has again blasted his successor and current governor of Rivers
State Nyesom Wike over his (Wike’s) false claims that the over $43million found
in an Ikoyi apartment by the EFCC were stolen Rivers State funds kept in the
apartment by Amaechi. Wike had also lied that the luxury Ikoyi apartment
belonged to Amaechi. Amaechi had strongly debunked Wike’s unfounded claims and
had challenged Wike to provide evidence of his (Amaechi’s) ownership of the
money and apartment where the money was found.
In a statement
released by his media office, Sunday, Amaechi again took a swipe at Wike for
his failure to go to court to prove his claims before a Judge, describing what
Wike is running in Rivers State as a government of lies, deceit, fraud and
blood. Amaechi also threw his weight behind the call by Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole
Soyinka that in the fight against corruption, detractors (like Wike) who
deliberately create distraction should be criminalized and prosecuted.
According to the
statement:
“Nigerians would
recall that on the night of Friday, April 14, during his hurriedly arranged
shambolic press briefing, Wike had threatened the President Buhari
administration with fire and brimstone, vowing the mother-of-all legal action
against the Federal government if the over $43million was not given to him within
seven days. The 7-day ultimatum has long expired, yet no action, whether legal
or otherwise by Wike to prove his malicious allegations and claim to the money.
Again, on Friday, May 6, another wonderful opportunity was open for Wike to
prove his frivolous allegations against Amaechi and claim the money, before
Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court, Lagos. The Judge had on April 13, directed that
anyone who owns the money should come forward to claim it. Neither Wike nor his
Lawyers were any where near the court. Again, another no show.”
“Wike’s failure to
prove his allegations against Amaechi in a court of law or even in the court of
public opinion clearly vindicates our position and completely exonerates
Amaechi of any link or connection to the Ikoyi money and apartment. Wike’s failure to prove this his latest
malicious outburst against Amaechi also clearly shows that all previous fake
stories of allegations upon allegations of graft against Amaechi by Wike are
all lies, like this Ikoyi silly lie from a sick and warped mind. Since he became governor, Wike sleeps and wakes up everyday, with a
sole, one-point agenda to attack and denigrate Rotimi Amaechi, his erstwhile
benefactor, no matter how ridiculous and silly he sounds. Everyday in Rivers
State, there is one frivolous, false story of what Amaechi did or didn’t do.
Same pattern, the same blatant lies with no proof, same old concocted stories
of corruption allegations against Amaechi told with different flavours, just
like this his latest Ikoyi money blatant lie.”
“Sadly, what Wike is running in Rivers State today is not a
government, by any stretch, but a contraption of lies, deceit, fraud and blood.
He has bastardized and destroyed Rivers State.
“To stem this dangerous trend, this is why we are in full support of
Prof. Wole Soyinka’s call that in the anti-corruption war, detractors who
deliberately create distraction should be criminalized and prosecuted.
Detractors of the fight against corruption like Nyesom Wike, and his lackeys
and minions like Femi Fani-Kayode, Lere Olayinka, one Senator George Sekibo who
like a clown, foolishly blew a whistle on the floor of the senate to push
Wike’s false narrative of the ownership of the Ikoyi money etc, should not be
allowed to go scot free with their politically motivated lies to distract the
fight against corruption.”
“Finally, we insist
that Wike must go to court, like he vowed (as he goes, he can also take his
minions and lackeys with him), to prove his frivolous claims that the over
$43million Ikoyi money and luxury apartment belongs to Amaechi and were stolen
from Rivers State by Amaechi; or be ready to face the wrath of the law(at the
appropriate time; constitutional immunity for governors is not for life), the
wrath of the people and ultimately the wrath of God, which no constitutional
immunity can protect him from”, the statement concluded.
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