Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s forgery allegation against him is just a sign of frustration and an attempt to tarnish his(Amaechi’s) image.
Amaechi, who has consistently claimed to be innocent of the allegations leveled against him by Wike, noted that the current governor should always check his facts before painting him bad. Below is statement released from Amaechi’s camp:
“Wike has nothing, we mean absolutely nothing concrete to prove his fabricated claims. However, we are aware; as a matter of fact, it’s now public knowledge that Wike has been forging and distorting a cache of documents in his increasingly frantic efforts to denigrate Amaechi.
This forgery and contortion commenced immediately Wike assumed office as governor and it is ongoing.
Nigerians were shocked a few days back when Livingstone Wechie, the young man Wike used to accuse Amaechi of corruption and write false and frivolous petitions to the National Assembly, EFCC etc, confessed freely and openly that all the documents he used to wrongfully portray Amaechi as corrupt when he governed Rivers State were phonies, forged documents given to him by Wike’s government.
It is ludicrous and appalling that Wike is still talking about his credibility bereft Commission of Inquiry, when Livingstone Wechie also admitted that the forged documents were used as the template, the basis for the Justice Omereji led Judicial Commission of Inquiry, an inquisition panel Wike set up early in his administration to witch-hunt, malign and persecute Amaechi.
Nigerians are now used to Wike’s shameful charade whenever he says he has ‘evidence’ against Amaechi. How can we forget in a hurry when Wike outrageously claimed he had evidence to prove Amaechi’s ownership of the $43million Ikoyi money and luxury apartment?
In spite of all the noise, Wike made, all his over the top political dramatization of Amaechi ownership of the Ikoyi money, Wike could not even go to court to claim the money with his so-called evidence. Wike has suddenly gone deaf and dumb on the Ikoyi money, many months after his 7-day ultimatum for the federal government to give him the money or face the mother of all legal actions.
How can anyone take a character like Wike seriously, especially when he says he has evidence against Amaechi? How can a governor talk so recklessly and irresponsibly?
We will continue to remind Rivers people that Wike’s antics are a clear attempt to distract and divert attention from his mindless plundering of the resources of the State and spate of Wike induced insecurity in Rivers State.