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
Governor Wike also declared that the $43million
dollars found in the luxury apartment in Ikoyi belongs to the Rivers
State Government.
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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.
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