Prove $150m fraud allegation, Amaechi tells Wike

A former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has
challenged his successor, Nyesom Wike, to prove the
allegation that he (Amaechi) stole $150m from the coffers
of Rivers State, which he purportedly gave to the All
Progressives Congress.
Amaechi stated this while reacting to Wike’s allegation that
he (Amaechi) stole $150m from the coffers of the Rivers
State Government between December 1 and December 8,
2014.
In a statement on Monday, Amaechi, who is now the
Minister of Transportation, described the allegation as
untrue and also said that the incumbent governor was fond
of telling lies against him in churches.
The statement signed by Amaechi said, “Pray, Governor
Wike, who collected the $150m on behalf of APC? From
which Rivers State Government account(s) was the $150m
taken? How was the $150m taken and given to APC? Was it
by wired transfer from Rivers State Government account(s)
to APC account(s)?
“Sadly again, Wike picked a church, a sacred temple of God
to tell his new imaginary tale, another bogus, fallacious
concoction.
“When Amaechi challenged the Wike administration and its
agents to use any legal process or procedure to prove their
jaundiced, deceitful allegations against him and his
administration, they have rather elected to do their own
corruption probe, trial and conviction in the media; and now,
even inside our solemn places of worship (churches).
“Why would a government be so determined to desecrate
and destroy every institution, all in the name of playing
politics?”
Describing the Wike administration as rudderless, Amaechi
challenged the Rivers helmsman to substantiate the claim
of fraud against him.
“It continues to baffle us, like most right-thinking Nigerians
that Governor Wike will stand in a church – a solemn place
of worship – and carelessly, brusquely tell such a profound
lie.
“He descended to falsely and indecorously shout corruption
against Amaechi without providing a shred of evidence to
back his claims,” Amaechi said.