Press statement from Rivers State Governor-Elect, Nyesom Wike. Read below...
Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has decried the use of the office of the Attorney General of Rivers State by outgoing Governor Rotimi Amaechi to file a suit for Rivers State All Progressives Congress ( APC ) to stop his inauguration.
He
informed that credible information available to him indicates that
Governor Amaechi paid out N300m to some lawyers out of an agreed N500m
for
the procurement of the illegal order which has failed.
Barrister
Wike noted that the state became bankrupt because of the outgoing
governor's fixation on stopping his inauguration and his siphoning of
government funds to shop for unconstitutional court orders.
He
said it was unfortunate that outgoing governor Rotimi Amaechi would
desecrate the office of the Attorney General of Rivers State and enmesh
it in illegal political manoeuvres.
He
said : “ Amaechi has boasted that he has looted all the funds and he is
threatening that if Buhari is sworn in he will deal with this and the
policeman and soldier.
"That tells you the
kind of man you are dealing with. This is just to inform those who you
who are not informed about his antics, so that you will be encouraged in
the face his
needless provocation".
He commended the
judiciary for always living above the treacherous antics of politicians
like Amaechi who survive on name dropping and use of corrupt means to
negatively influence due process.
