Anthony Iwuoma
Any monarch or community development committee leader found to be extorting money from companies handling infrastructural projects in Rivers State risks being dethroned.
Governor Nyesom Wike issued the threat while flagging off the construction of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
In a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri entitled, ‘Rivers State Government will depose chiefs, CDC leadership that harass contractors, disrupt government projects,’ the governor said: “Any monarch from Rumuepirikom and other communities in the state who summon contractors handling government projects to his palace for the purpose of demanding inducement will be deposed.”
He also advised Julius Berger and other companies handling construction works to ensure implementation of the local content component of the project.
He said, “Now, I’ll not be a governor that will go and meet somebody in 2023 when I leave to complete my village road, no, I won’t do that. Every road in my community, I must do it now. I am not forgetting any road.”
