The last has not been heard of the judicial enquiry in Rivers State. The immediate past governor Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has dared the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, to prosecute him if he has evidence of corruption against him as he claimed before the Justice George Omereji-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry that investigated the sale of valued assets of the state and other matters uncovered.
Amaechi, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday by his media office, said the outcome of the Omereji-led commission was “expected”.
The statement titled: ‘Enough of The Theatrics, Go to Court’ and signed by his media aide, David Iyofor, said, “The panel lived up to expectations as a shambolic inquisition panel that was set up to indict Amaechi.”
He dismissed the recommendations of the commission and added as following, “Crudely, without any sense of finesse or attempt to disguise its mission to ‘hack down Amaechi’, the Omereji panel did the bidding of its paymaster. As we earlier warned, it turned out to be a comedy, a circus show to grab media headlines with bogus, phantom and fabricated claims of corrupt practices against former governor Amaechi and officials of his administration. It achieved nothing beyond political excitements, entertainment and theatrics.”
It accused the commission of bias, stating that it was bent on indicting Amaechi from its inception.
“Indeed, the Wike panel was an inquisition against Amaechi. Wike should go to court if he has any case of alleged corrupt activities against Amaechi. His panel is not and can never be a law court,” he said.
