Amaechi is the most corrupt governor in Nigeria -Wike

Rivers State PDP Governorship Candidate, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has accused outgoing governor Rotimi Amaechi of running the most corrupt regime in the country, alleging that the governor between January and November 2014 squandered over N298billion that accrued to the state from the Federation Accounts and loans obtained from various commercial banks.

Barrister Wike further alleged that between December 2014 and January 2015, outgoing Governor Rotimi Amaechi through the Government House and the Office of the Secretary to the Rivers State Government expended N11billion, believed to have been channelled into the Buhari Campaign Organization.

Speaking during the Rivers State PDP Governorship Campaign Rally in Port Harcourt Local Government Area on Tuesday, Barrister Wike said that the massive corrupt expenditure of the over N300billion just for 2014 and the first month of 2015 excludes the internally generated revenue of Rivers State, which has been pegged at several billions of naira monthly.

Giving a breakdown of the alleged mass corrupt practices by the outgoing governor, Barrister Wike stated that between January and November 2014, the Amaechi administration received N185billion from the Federation Account.

He added that within the same period under review, the administration took loans from Zenith Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank, Access Bank and Fidelity Bank totalling over N112billion.

Barrister Wike said: “These are facts duly obtained from government sources. They are not newspaper reports. They are authenticated facts of revenue received by the outgoing government of Rotimi Amaechi. Before the people of Nigeria is the most corrupt administration ever seen in this state. An administration that has shortchanged our people.

“From the details of expenditure at our disposal, these funds have been used to sponsor opposition activities and the campaigns of General Muhammadu Buhari. Most of the monies were channelled to non-existent or non functional projects, with the funds pocketed by the outgoing governor. For instance, Amaechi paid N500million for a non existent new Bridge in Abonnema. He paid N2billion for the Trans-Kalabari road where nothing has been done by his administration. For the Port Harcourt Centenary celebration, Amaechi expended almost N1billion and he released N1.7billion for the production of international passports”.

He added that the outgoing administration expended N330million for the protection of Rivers State from terrorism.

The Rivers State PDP Governorship candidate said the lack of accountability in the Amaechi administration explains why he is fronting known cultists to take over the administration of the state. He noted that the Rivers political leadership and the followership have jointly resolved never to allow another corrupt administration to emerge from the outgoing Amaechi’s corrupt regime.

Also speaking at the rally, National Deputy Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus alleged that the outgoing Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi had procured Army, Naval and Police uniforms to be distributed to his political thugs from the state and others imported from the north to ensure that they rigged the election if it had been held on February 14.

He said the same procurement of uniforms was carried by APC governors, adding that the plan of the APC was to plunge the nation into a needless crisis.
Secondus said despite APC’s evil machinations, President Jonathan and the PDP will win the forthcoming elections.

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara said Amaechi failed the people of Rivers State by merely squandering their resources with no projects on ground to show for his second term in office.

Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant (Media) to Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Rivers State PDP Governorship Candidate.