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Wike Vows To Resign As Governor If…
- Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to resign as the governor of the state.
- This comes after the formal defection of two former chairmen of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to resign as the governor of the state if the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, can mention any federal project he has attracted to Rivers State as a Minister since 2015, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.
Wike made this known in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media Kelvin Ebiri, on Saturday.
This comes after the formal defection of two former chairmen of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr Davies Ikanya and Hon Igo Aguma, as well as other chieftains of the opposition to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Wike stressed that Amaechi, who is his predecessor, had claimed he sold a Dash 8 aircraft purchased by former governor, Dr. Peter Odili’s administration to the Government of Cross River at the cost of $6million, but has failed to account for the proceeds of the transaction till.
According to Vanguard, the governor disclosed that through intelligence, the state government was able to trace the Dash 8 aircraft belonging to the state government that was also purchased by the Odili’s administration to Germany.
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Wike further stated that Amaechi’s reign in office as governor was characterised by financial malfeasance, adding that the $308 million paid by Sahara Energy to acquire the state independent power projects was diverted by the Minister.
The governor, who cited several projects he attracted to Rivers State while he was Minister of State for Education under the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, challenged Amaechi to emulate him by reviving the moribund Port Harcourt seaports in order to create employment opportunity for Rivers’ youths.
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Governor Wike narrated that but for his intervention, former Commissioner for Urban and Rural Planning, Dr. Reason Onya, who recently defected to the APC would have been charged for murder following his indictment by a judicial panel of inquiry that investigated a multi-story building that collapsed in Port Harcourt and claimed several lives in 2018.
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