Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike says if
President Buhari was really serious about his
fight against corruption, he must start by
probing the administration of former Rivers state
governor, Rotimi Amaechi. The governor gave
the charge in a statement released and signed
by his special adviser on media and publicity
Opunabo Inko-Tariah today July 26th. The
governor added that an appointment of Rotimi
Amaechi by Buhari will be an endorsement of
corruption ..
“If Buhari is sincere in his fight
against corruption, let him probe
the Amaechi’s government and
he will discover that there
cannot be a government official
that is more corrupt than
Amaechi. From the genesis to
revelation of his government,
Amaechi’s fiscal recklessness
and dictatorial policies and
approaches are responsible for
the financial woes of the state
that should ordinarily be
buoyant. A man like Amaechi
must not be allowed to flaunt
the fruits of his crime with
impunity. He has to account for
the monthly allocations he
received in 8 years and the IGRs
for the same period. He spirited
so much out of the system with
little or nothing to show for it.
The appointment of Amaechi by
Buhari will be an endorsement of
corruption by Buhari. If there are
no skeletons in his cupboard,
why try to frustrate the Hon
Justice Omereji’s commission of
inquiry? This obviates the need
for further evidence that his
hands are dirty. After all, he
started and ended his reign with
the late Justice Kayode Esho’s
panel and the Prof Odinkalu’s
commission of inquiry
respectively -not to talk of that
headed by Justice B A
Georgewill. Do unto others, what
you want others to do unto you’,
our Lord Jesus admonished my
brother Knight, Amaechi.
The attempt to stop the Hon
Justice Omereji’s Commission of
Inquiry from investigating his
government is not only risible
but shameful and highly
provocative. It is ironical that
the same man who sealed the
judiciary for close to two years
and turned lawyers into taxi
drivers and artisans will now
have the gumption to approach
the same courts he desecrated
for justice. If his successor had
followed his footsteps, which
court would he have approached
to seek redress? How will he
appear before those he almost
turned into beggars? As a result
of his callous and insensitive
actions, most lawyers had
broken homes as they could not
sustain their families. Some
even lost their loved ones in
hospitals for lack of money to
buy needed drugs.”.
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