Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike says if President Buhari was really
serious about his fight against corruption, he must start by probing the
administration of former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi. The
governor gave the charge in a statement released and signed by his
special adviser on media and publicity Opunabo Inko-Tariah today July
26th. The governor added that an appointment of Rotimi Amaechi by Buhari
will be an endorsement of corruption ..
“If Buhari is sincere in his fight against corruption, let him probe the
Amaechi’s government and he will discover that there cannot be a
government official that is more corrupt than Amaechi. From the genesis
to revelation of his government, Amaechi’s fiscal recklessness and
dictatorial policies and approaches are responsible for the financial
woes of the state that should ordinarily be buoyant. A man like Amaechi
must not be allowed to flaunt the fruits of his crime with impunity. He
has to account for the monthly allocations he received in 8 years and
the IGRs for the same period. He spirited so much out of the system with
little or nothing to show for it.
The appointment of Amaechi by Buhari will be an endorsement of
corruption by Buhari. If there are no skeletons in his cupboard, why try
to frustrate the Hon Justice Omereji’s commission of inquiry? This
obviates the need for further evidence that his hands are dirty. After
all, he started and ended his reign with the late Justice Kayode Esho’s
panel and the Prof Odinkalu’s commission of inquiry respectively -not
to talk of that headed by Justice B A Georgewill. Do unto others, what
you want others to do unto you’, our Lord Jesus admonished my brother
Knight, Amaechi.
The attempt to stop the Hon Justice Omereji’s Commission of Inquiry from
investigating his government is not only risible but shameful and
highly provocative. It is ironical that the same man who sealed the
judiciary for close to two years and turned lawyers into taxi drivers
and artisans will now have the gumption to approach the same courts he
desecrated for justice. If his successor had followed his footsteps,
which court would he have approached to seek redress? How will he
appear before those he almost turned into beggars? As a result of his
callous and insensitive actions, most lawyers had broken homes as they
could not sustain their families. Some even lost their loved ones in
hospitals for lack of money to buy needed drugs.”.
