Calls His Former Deputy “A Piece Of Trash”
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi has described the so-called probe of his administration by his
successor Nyesom Wike, as a sham, a fraudulent witch-hunt meant to deceive
the public.
In a statement released by the former Governor’s Media Office Sunday,
Amaechi described Wike as a sick man who is sickly fixated on rubbing him
(Amaechi) with his (Wike’s) mud of corruption and then grabbing media
headlines with his concocted bogus stories of ‘Amaechi’s alleged corrupt
activities.’
The former Governor also took a swipe at his former deputy Tele Ikuru over
his claims that the Amaechi administration under which Ikuru served as
deputy governor was the most corrupt in the State.
The statement reads:
“This so called Wike’s probe of Amaechi is dead on arrival. All the noise
Wike is making is to grab media headlines with his lies of monumental
corruption against Amaechi. It’s all drama made for the media. What is
playing out is a script written and directed by Nyesom Wike. Wike should
move to Nollywood where his devious skills would probably be useful.”
“Even while inaugurating his yeoman commission of Inquiry, Wike could not
conceal his vendetta agenda. He was clear to the panel members that their
job is to indict Amaechi.”
“While it’s no longer in doubt what would be the report of Wike’s sham
probe commission. What may shock Nigerians is the extent Wike has gone and
is ready to go to manufacture stories of corrupt practices, and the kind
of bogus tales of corruption against Amaechi that he would soon be feeding
the nation.”
“We are aware that even the Chairman of his Inquiry Commission, was
shocked and protested when Wike gave him the litany of phony claims of
corruption against Amaechi that the chairman would write in the panel’s
report. But Wike had assured him not to worry that he had since been
working towards arriving at that conclusion and he would provide the
commission with all the (fake) evidence needed to arrive at that report.”
“Truly, since May 29, that is all Wike has been doing; cooking spurious
reports of corruption against Amaechi. Wike has been intimidating,
threatening, coercing and blackmailing officials of the past
administration, especially civil servants into making false, phony and
bogus statements that would make legitimate government transactions appear
as corrupt practices. Permanent Secretaries, Directors of Finance and
Administration (DFAs), the State bankers and even contractors are
harassed, threatened and blackmailed to twist and distort, or even
completely alter legitimate government transactions in his desperation to
cook up, and fabricate sham cases of corruption against Amaechi. This has
been the one-point agenda of the Wike government, a vendetta mission
against his former boss and benefactor.”
“Amaechi will use every constitutional and legal means available to
protect his name and image from this massive smear campaign,
State-sponsored onslaught against him by this directionless, purposeless
Wike led government. As governor, Amaechi served his people well and the
good things he did with the resources of the state are visible all over
the state.”
On the claims by his former deputy, Tele Ikuru while presenting a report
to Wike, the statement condemned Ikuru.
“We won’t dignify him with a response. He’s such a worthless piece of
trash that we won’t waste our energy on. This is a man with no dignity, no
shame. No self-respecting man would talk the way Ikuru is talking right
now. This is a character that served the Amaechi administration for almost
eight years. While he was there, he never for once complained that Amaechi
or the government that he was the second-in-command was corrupt. As a
matter of fact, he was singing and parroting everywhere that Rivers State
was truly blessed to have a governor like Amaechi, that Amaechi will
always be remembered and hailed for changing for good the fortunes of
Rivers State.”
“Today, the shameless clown is the one shouting Amaechi is corrupt,
everywhere. If the government was as corrupt as he claims, what was he
doing there for almost eight years, telling the world that Amaechi is the
best thing to happen to Rivers State? No character, no self-respect, no
dignity, no shame. A character like Ikuru should never be taken
seriously”, the statement concluded.