Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has insisted that his predecessor and immediate past Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, must have their day in court for allegedly looting assets belonging to the state.
Wike on Thursday stated shortly after signing the contract for the construction of the eleventh and twelfth flyover bridges and the dualisation of Azikiwe Street-Iloabuchi Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital that the duo must face trial even if they hired 500 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs).
According to the governor: “They can run helter-skelter to stop their arraignment, but they must be arraigned and tried. What Rivers people will hear, Rivers people will be shocked to know what the former governor of the state and minister did in this state with his partner, Tonye Cole.
“So, that Nigerians will hear, Rivers people will see how this state was looted.
“Anybody can be governor but not those we’ve identified that have looted the State treasure. If we can do twelve flyovers from 2019 to now with the little amount of money we’re getting, imagine what the previous administration would’ve done.
“The previous administration that had a lot of money, if they had done them, we would’ve concentrated on other things. But we’re still working within the city to change its landscape.”
Amaechi and Wike, who were former political allies have since fallen out with each other, leading to a sharp division of the state into Wike’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Amaechi’s All Progressives Congress, APC.
