Rotimi
Amaechi, the minister of Transportation and former governor of Rivers state has
expressed regret over allegations of corruption against him by his successor,
Governor Nyesom Wike.
According
to the minister, the allegations were spurious and deceitful, The Punch
reports.
Wike
had during a thanksgiving service on Sunday, February 7 alleged thatAmaechi
used the sum of $150m belonging to the state to fund the All Progressives
Congress elections.
In
a statement from his media office on Monday, Amaechi faulted the Rivers state
governor for picking a church to spread his imaginary tale which according to
him was another bogus, fallacious concoction.
The
statement read: “This new scurrilous fabrication by Governor Wike is in sync
with the one-point agenda of the Wike administration, which is to throw as much
mud as possible at former governor Amaechi, hoping that some may at least stick.”
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Amaechi
had some questions for his successor, wondering why in spite of the billions of
naira that had accrued to the state, institutions were been allowed to rot
away.
“Rivers
people want to know why weeds and grasses have taken over the beautiful schools
built by Amaechi? Why the standard working health facilities Amaechi built and
left behind are now looking desolate and abandoned?” he queried.
The
transport minister noted that the people of Rivers state were worried over the
high rate of crime in the state.
He
added that no matter the amount of allegations of corruption against him, the
Rivers people would not be distracted from pressing issues in the state.
The APC
had earlier described Wike’s claim as a big lie from “the very depth
of hell.” Chris Finebone, the Rivers state publicity secretary of the party
said Governor Wike was a moronic coward who talks big and tough, adding that he
would account for all his deeds at the appropriate time.
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