Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi
THE Peoples Democratic Party in
Rivers State on Tuesday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari must
investigate the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Rotimi
Amaechi, over allegations of corruption.
This is just as the party petitioned the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, detailing alleged corrupt
practices that took place under Amaechi
The PDP Deputy Publicity Secretary in
Rivers, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, said since President Buhari had promised
to maintain a zero tolerance for corruption, he should not be silent on
how the past administration in Rivers managed the affairs of the state.
Nwanosike, who spoke with journalists in
Port Harcourt, urged the President not to spare anyone found culpable,
adding that proceeds from some of the past transactions in the state
could not be traced.
Reacting
to statements credited to some members of the All Progressives Congress
on the state of Rivers economy, Nwanosike lamented that the current
administration in the state had to borrow to pay salary arrears, which
the Amaechi administration failed to pay.
He dismissed the claims that some PDP members in the state were planning to defect to the APC, describing it as laughable.
According to Nwanosike, “Since the
President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, has told the world
that he is a man with zero tolerance for corruption, we, the people of
Rivers, are asking that there should be no sacred cow. We are saying
that corruption in Rivers State should be investigated and justice
should be done.
“As we speak to you, we cannot trace the
proceeds that emanated from all the government’s transactions that that
took place in Rivers State.”
The PDP chieftain explained that a
petition had been sent to the EFCC over the alleged fraudulent
transactions involving the immediate past administration in the state
between December 1 and 8, 2014.
He said, “Can you imagine that between
December 1 and 8, 2014, with one address – 25 Trans-Amadi Road, Port
Harcourt, over N21bn of Rivers funds were transferred? We are asking,
where did these funds go?”
On the claim by the APC governorship
candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, that some PDP members in the state were
planning to defect to the APC, Nwanosike challenged him (Peterside) to
mention the names of such PDP members.
In his reaction, however, a former aide
to Amaechi, Chief Tony Okocha, said Amaechi had never been afraid of
probe, adding that the ex-governor was transparent in all he did for the
people of the state.
Okocha explained that the PDP in the
state was only interested in soiling the good name of the former
governor and maintained that the party would not achieve such an aim
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