Amaechi's Administration Guilty of Financial Crimes - Wike

A one time Chief of Staff to Governor Amaechi and
current Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom
Wike says the administration of Amaechi is guilty
of financial crimes.
Wike, who disclosed this during a media platform
on Port Harcourt, made references to the Monorail
project, the landscaping of Port Harcourt, and the
Greater Port Harcourt city.
According to him, “I can tell you Amaechi’s
government is corrupt. I can say so, any day,
anytime.
“If your government is corrupt, what does that
mean? It drops the box on your table. If he
doesn’t have a house in the village, does that
stop him from being corrupt.
“That is the level he thinks Rivers people are for
him to tell them such stories. Is that the
definition of corruption?”
He also took a swipe at members of Amaechi’s
Executive council stressing that “Amaechi’s
commissioners are week.
“When I was the Chief of staff, I know what I can
do. Ask Magnus Abe. I look at him in the eyes
and tell him this is how we are going to do this
and that. But most of his Executives are afraid of
telling him the truth because the are looking for
appointment”.
Wike also disclosed that he never at any point
swore an oath when he was the Chief of Staff.
Governor Amaechi had at different fora maintained
that Wike swore that he would not betray him.
In the words of Wike, “The man did not betray
you when all offers were made to him. I didn’t
betray him when he was looking for Governor.
“When I was to be assassinated, then later had
my thanksgiving, he (Amaechi) said Wike is a
man of character and it is good to follow people
who are men of character. What happened to
that?
“The same Wike that was a man of character is
no longer a man of character today simply
because I said we cannot do things this way. We
cannot compromise the issue of Presidency.
“That I should follow you and go to APC where
they will give you chairmanship instead of a
President from the South-South.
“Ask him. The same man was in Ghana. When he
was in Ghana, why did he not give me oath to
take when I was fighting the fight for him when
that was the best time for me to take oath for
him (Amaechi).
“Let me tell you, everybody has betrayed
Amaechi. The most resent one now is that APC
has betrayed him. He went to APC with all the
funds in the state thinking that they will make
Sam Sam Jaja the APC Chairman, now Oyegun
has emerged, so APC has also betrayed him”.
When asked about his interest in the state,
especially with all his antagonising efforts against
the Governor, Wike hinted that his interest is to
depose the APC and ensure that PDP takes over
the Brick House.
“My interest is that Rivers State PDP must
reclaim that government House in 2015.
“If I want to run for Governor of Rivers State, I
am not running because I am an Ikwerre man, I
am going to run because the constitution allows
me to run because I’m a Rivers person”, Wike
said.