The Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General Dakuku Peterside yesterday challenged
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, to provide evidence for saying the seized $43million was money stolen from the state by Amaechi.
"For clarity and emphasis, Amaechi is not the owner of the $43million and the Ikoyi apartment in which the money was recovered from. Amaechi has no business, link or connection to the money or property. Amaechi
does not know who owns the money or Ikoyi apartment.”Ameachi's media aid stated.
Amaechi's political ally and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State in the last election, Peterside joined the rift, describing Wike's allegations against the minister as a joke taken too far.
In his own words, he said“I think we need to check the sanity and mental status of Governor Wike,” he disclosed to reporters in Port Harcourt yesterday.
He further added that: “Time and time again, he is bringing ridicule to the office he occupies and embarrassing the people of Rivers State who are known to be intelligent, responsible and decent in upbringing.
Wike moved further yesterday on the issue by accusing the federal government of trying to cover up the matter saying no amount of insults and propaganda would stop him from seeking the return of the money to the people of the state.
In a formal reaction to Wike's allegations, Amaechi's media office, stated that: "Wike has stolen Rivers State dry. Wike and his gang have frittered billions and billions of Naira of Rivers people money away.
"Rivers State is perpetually in crisis, the state in a mess as Wike has made a total mess of governance in the State. That child who sits there as governor is confused, he doesn't know what to do. Wike's only solution is to attack Amaechi.
"Since he became governor, Wike sleeps and wakes up every day, with a sole, one-point agenda to attack and denigrate Amaechi, no matter how ridiculous and silly he sounds. Every day 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. At this rate, if Wike is unable to perform his spousal duties, he
will blame it on Amaechi. Yes, that's how despicably low he can go in his consuming fixation to throw mud at Amaechi.
“This latest outburst by Wike is typical of him. We are aware that Wike first tried to float the fake news of Amaechi’s ownership of the recovered $43million and the Ikoyi house in the social media using his minions and lackeys, spending huge sums of Rivers money on
the failed project.
“His minions and lackeys were calling journalists, bloggers and media organizations to run the fake story with promises of almost irresistible mouth-watering compensation for using the fake story. When that failedband the story didn’t gain traction that was when
Wike decided to hurriedly hold the press conference Friday night, to rant and spew his outright lies, yet again without providing any proof of Amaechi's ownership of both the property and the money.
“Wike’s malicious allegation of corruption against Amaechi in the sale of the Gas Turbines is not new. This false claim has been punctured repeatedly with facts and evidence of the transfer payments for the power plants into Rivers State government accounts by Sahara Energy.
"The records of how the funds were spent and what it was spent on are in the records of the State government. Amaechi has absolutely no business or any interest whatsoever in Sahara Energy. The company was already a thriving business concern before Amaechi’s emergence as governor of Rivers State in 2007.
"We urge all right-thinking members of the public to completely disregard all the false, politically motivated no-proof claims by Nyesom Wike and his minions as it concerns Amaechi and the $43million and Ikoyi property." He said
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, to provide evidence for saying the seized $43million was money stolen from the state by Amaechi.
"For clarity and emphasis, Amaechi is not the owner of the $43million and the Ikoyi apartment in which the money was recovered from. Amaechi has no business, link or connection to the money or property. Amaechi
does not know who owns the money or Ikoyi apartment.”Ameachi's media aid stated.
Amaechi's political ally and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State in the last election, Peterside joined the rift, describing Wike's allegations against the minister as a joke taken too far.
In his own words, he said“I think we need to check the sanity and mental status of Governor Wike,” he disclosed to reporters in Port Harcourt yesterday.
He further added that: “Time and time again, he is bringing ridicule to the office he occupies and embarrassing the people of Rivers State who are known to be intelligent, responsible and decent in upbringing.
Wike moved further yesterday on the issue by accusing the federal government of trying to cover up the matter saying no amount of insults and propaganda would stop him from seeking the return of the money to the people of the state.
In a formal reaction to Wike's allegations, Amaechi's media office, stated that: "Wike has stolen Rivers State dry. Wike and his gang have frittered billions and billions of Naira of Rivers people money away.
"Rivers State is perpetually in crisis, the state in a mess as Wike has made a total mess of governance in the State. That child who sits there as governor is confused, he doesn't know what to do. Wike's only solution is to attack Amaechi.
"Since he became governor, Wike sleeps and wakes up every day, with a sole, one-point agenda to attack and denigrate Amaechi, no matter how ridiculous and silly he sounds. Every day 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. At this rate, if Wike is unable to perform his spousal duties, he
will blame it on Amaechi. Yes, that's how despicably low he can go in his consuming fixation to throw mud at Amaechi.
“This latest outburst by Wike is typical of him. We are aware that Wike first tried to float the fake news of Amaechi’s ownership of the recovered $43million and the Ikoyi house in the social media using his minions and lackeys, spending huge sums of Rivers money on
the failed project.
“His minions and lackeys were calling journalists, bloggers and media organizations to run the fake story with promises of almost irresistible mouth-watering compensation for using the fake story. When that failedband the story didn’t gain traction that was when
Wike decided to hurriedly hold the press conference Friday night, to rant and spew his outright lies, yet again without providing any proof of Amaechi's ownership of both the property and the money.
“Wike’s malicious allegation of corruption against Amaechi in the sale of the Gas Turbines is not new. This false claim has been punctured repeatedly with facts and evidence of the transfer payments for the power plants into Rivers State government accounts by Sahara Energy.
"The records of how the funds were spent and what it was spent on are in the records of the State government. Amaechi has absolutely no business or any interest whatsoever in Sahara Energy. The company was already a thriving business concern before Amaechi’s emergence as governor of Rivers State in 2007.
"We urge all right-thinking members of the public to completely disregard all the false, politically motivated no-proof claims by Nyesom Wike and his minions as it concerns Amaechi and the $43million and Ikoyi property." He said
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