{"id":57266,"date":"2017-04-16T05:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T04:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=57266"},"modified":"2017-04-16T05:12:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T04:12:07","slug":"43million-tale-amaechi-slams-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/43million-tale-amaechi-slams-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"$43MILLION TALE: AMAECHI SLAMS WIKE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister of Transportation and immediate past governor of Rivers State Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed the false claims by his successor Nyesom Wike that the $43 million found in a luxury apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos belongs to him(Amaechi). Wike, in a suspicious, hurriedly arranged press conference on Friday night, told journalists that \u2018the money in question belongs to the former Rivers State Governor,\u00a0Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.\u2019 Wike also insinuated that the \u2018houses\u2019 in\u00a0Ikoyi belong to Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.<\/p>\n

In a statement released by his Media Office on Saturday, Amaechi described the claims as malicious, frivolous and another failed attempt by Wike to divert attention from the mess he has created in Rivers State.<\/p>\n

According to the statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cWike 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\u2019t know what to do. Wike\u2019s only solution is to attack Amaechi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSince he became governor, Wike sleeps and wakes up everyday, with a sole, one-point agenda to attack and denigrate Rotimi Amaechi, no matter how ridiculous and silly he sounds.\u00a0 \u00a0Everyday in Rivers State, there is one frivolous, false story of what Amaechi did or didn\u2019t 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\u2019s how despicably low he can go in his consuming fixation to throw mud at Amaechi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis latest outburst by Wike is typical of him. We are aware that Wike first tried to float the fake news of Amaechi\u2019s 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 failed and the story didn\u2019t 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\u2019s ownership of both the property and the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor clarity and emphasis, Chibuike Rotimi 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. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi does not know who owns the money or Ikoyi apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWike\u2019s 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. \u00a0Amaechi has absolutely no business or any interest whatsoever in Sahara Energy. The company was already a thriving business concern before Amaechi\u2019s emergence as governor of Rivers State in 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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. The false accusations by Wike is purely diversionary, a political smear campaign against Amaechi by Wike, while he steals Rivers State blind. The fake claims is a figment of the imagination of Nyesom Wike, an ignoble fellow who\u2019s so reckless, irresponsible, and disgraceful, and has debased the high office he holds in trust for the people. Wike is a rabble-rouser and should not be taken seriously. He has made several false claims like this in the recent past and never went the whole length to prove it because he had no proof. Many would recall how Wike was screaming all over national television stations just before the Rivers State legislative Rerun elections that he had an explosive video, containing earth-shaking revelations and he would show the video on national TV. \u00a0Till date, no video, just talk talk and talk, telling more and more lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYet again, we challenge Wike to charge Amaechi to court if he has any shred of evidence that the money belongs to Rivers State and was kept in the Ikoyi apartment by Amaechi. But like his numerous frivolous accusations in the past, we know he won\u2019t go to court. He has nothing to substantiate his blatant lies. This Wike\u2019s recent tale like his previous ones is a big sham, a disgraceful political drama, and a campaign of calumny to defame and destroy the sterling reputation of Rotimi Amaechi. This is now Wike\u2019s sole life ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cFinally, we want Nigerians to note that Wike\u2019s reckless, irresponsible and fictitious tirade against the President Buhari administration at his media briefing of Friday is a declaration of war against the Federal Government. This has been his regular past time in recent times, making false allegations against the Federal government and threatening the President Buhari administration with fire and brimstone\u201d, the statement concluded.<\/p>\n

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