Minister of
Transport Rotimi Amaechi, says the $50million found in a Lagos apartment
by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
does not belong to Rivers State Government.
Rotimi Amaechi,who also insisted that he has nothing to do with the property or cash, called Governor Nyesom Wike “a confused child”
He stated this while reacting to Wike’s claim that the money belonged to the Rivers.
In
a statement released by his media office on Saturday, Amaechi said:
“Wike’s reckless, irresponsible and fictitious tirade against the
President Buhari administration at his media briefing of Friday is a
declaration of war against the federal government.
“This has been
his regular past time in recent times, making false allegations against
the federal government and threatening the President Buhari
administration with fire and brimstone.
“Rivers State is perpetually in crisis, the state in a mess as Wike has made a total mess of governance in the state.
“That child who sits there as governor is confused, he doesn’t know what to do. Wike’s only solution is to attack Amaechi.
“Since
he became governor, Wike sleeps and wakes up everyday, with a sole,
one-point agenda to attack and denigrate Rotimi Amaechi, no matter how
ridiculous and silly he sounds. Everyday in Rivers state, there is one
frivolous, false story of what Amaechi did or didn’t do.
“Same
pattern, the same blatant lies with no proof, same old concocted stories
of corruption allegations against Amaechi told with different flavours.
At this rate, if Wike is unable to perform his spousal duties, he will
blame it on Amaechi. Yes, that’s how despicably low he can go in his
consuming fixation to throw mud at Amaechi.”
Amaechi added: “This
latest outburst by Wike is typical of him. We are aware that Wike first
tried to float the fake news of Amaechi’s ownership of the recovered
$43million and the Ikoyi house in the social media using his minions and
lackeys, spending huge sums of Rivers money on the failed project.
“His
minions and lackeys were calling journalists, bloggers and media
organisations to run the fake story with promises of almost irresistible
mouth-watering compensation for using the fake story.
“When that
failed and the story didn’t gain traction that was when Wike decided to
hurriedly hold the press conference Friday night, to rant and spew his
outright lies, yet again without providing any proof of Amaechi’s
ownership of both the property and the money.
“For clarity and
emphasis, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is not the owner of the $43million and
the Ikoyi apartment in which the money was recovered from. Amaechi has
no business, link or connection to the money or property. Chibuike
Rotimi Amaechi does not know who owns the money or Ikoyi apartment.”
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