Rivers State Governor has given the Federal Government an ultimatum of 7
days to return the $43million dollars found in a luxury apartment in
Ikoyi to the Rivers State Government , failure which the State Government
will take legal measures to ensure that it gets back her stolen
resources
Governor Wike also declared that the $43million dollars found in the
luxury apartment in Ikoyi belongs to the Rivers State Government.
Governor Wike said that investigations by the Rivers State Government
revealed that the money was proceed from the sale of gas turbines by the
immediate past Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
Addressing journalists at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday
night, Governor Wike said: “The money in question belongs to the former
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. We want to confirm that
the houses in Ikoyi also belong to Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
“If you recollect in 2015, we said that gas turbines built by Former
Governor Peter Odili were sold to Sahara Energy, business partners of
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi at $319million.
“That money was used to sponsor the All Progressives Congress for the 2015
general elections. From the date of sale of the gas turbines to May 29,
2015, the money depleted from $319million to $204,000 . What was stashed
at the Ikoyi residence was part of that fund”.
He said : “We have facts to prove that the said money belongs to the
Rivers State Government. The Federal Government must return our money”.
Governor Wike said all the stories being peddled about the money
belonging to the National Intelligence Agency are false and mere face
saving measures by the embattled APC Federal Government.
He said: “As I speak to you, the Federal Government is so embarrassed
that this has happened. All the stories that the money belongs to the
NIA are fake”.
Governor Wike challenged the Federal Government to set up a panel of
Inquiry , which will sit publicly to investigate the money, if it
doubted the claim of the Rivers State Government.
He stated that the Rivers State Government needs the money to complete an
array of projects, insisting that on no account would this criminal
activity be swept under the carpet.
The governor said as long as the Federal Government continues to disturb
the progress of Rivers State, so long will God throw the Federal
Government into confusion.
“We are giving them seven days to return our money. Otherwise, we would
take legal action to recover our money. $43million will help us complete
several projects. We need that money for projects”, he said.