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, declaring 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.
Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media. 14th April, 2017.
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Posted: at 15-04-2017 09:41 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
Nigeria is confused from top to bottom. Wike, what about the money you used to bribe INEC officials in last election. Why not use that to complete the project. I'm really sick of these everyday different stories about the Ikoyi Money
Posted: at 15-04-2017 09:50 AM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
Nigeria is confused from top to bottom. Wike, what about the money you used to bribe INEC officials in last election. Why not use that to complete the project. I'm really sick of these everyday different stories about the Ikoyi Money
are you a fool ? and you sound very stupid and useless
Posted: at 15-04-2017 10:05 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
dynasty4all at 15-04-2017 10:54 AM (7 years ago) (m)
BUHARI'S GOVT IS EVIL THEY KNOW THE TRUTH, THE MONEY BELONG TO ROTIMI AMAECHI, THEY JUST WANT TO COVER UP, BUT GOD HAS EXPOSED THEM. HOW CAN NIS KEPT SUCH HUGE AMOUNT THERE? WHO IS FOOLING WHO HERE? THE SAME MONEY THEY ACCUSED INNOCENT IGBO WOMAN......... HOW CAN WE REMAIN AS ONE NIGERIA WITH ALL THESE MESS THAT IS GOING ON? LET EVERY TRIBE OR REGION ANSWER HIS FATHER'S NAME, PERIOD!
Posted: at 15-04-2017 10:54 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
no wonder, Nigeria is full of poverty, the politicians pack all the nations wealth and stash it underground, meanwhile river state workers have not been paid their salary, i heard one adult fool, saying they are not suppose to pay civil servant money, because they are monkeys.
Posted: at 15-04-2017 11:17 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
BUHARI'S GOVT IS EVIL THEY KNOW THE TRUTH, THE MONEY BELONG TO ROTIMI AMAECHI, THEY JUST WANT TO COVER UP, BUT GOD HAS EXPOSED THEM. HOW CAN NIS KEPT SUCH HUGE AMOUNT THERE? WHO IS FOOLING WHO HERE? THE SAME MONEY THEY ACCUSED INNOCENT IGBO WOMAN......... HOW CAN WE REMAIN AS ONE NIGERIA WITH ALL THESE MESS THAT IS GOING ON? LET EVERY TRIBE OR REGION ANSWER HIS FATHER'S NAME, PERIOD!
FOLLOW FOLLOW YESTERDAY YOU SAID IT OWNED BY PDP FORMER CHAIRMAN TODAY ITS FOR AMAECHI SUDDENLY YOU HAVE CHANGE, TOMORROW ANOTHER ONE WILL CLAIM THE MONEY YOU WILL CHANGE AGAIN, YOU ARE AMONG THOSE BRINGING INSULT TO IGBO PEOPLE AND YOU THINK YOU DEFENDING IGBOS, ANYWAY MOST THEM DONT LIKE YOU.
Posted: at 15-04-2017 11:43 AM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
Sniper101 at 15-04-2017 08:16 PM (7 years ago) (m)
I really dont think that apartment in Ikoyi n the money found in it belongs to Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi
but if the EFcc, PDp, FG and others keeps insinuating or insisting that that money belongs to my former Governor, then let them waste no further time in returning THE WHOLE MONEY to the people n the government of Rivers state. Simple!
Posted: at 15-04-2017 08:16 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac