Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been accused by the state chapter of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), of allegedly
squandering over N120 billion during his first 100
days in office.
The APC, in a statement on Monday by its
chairman, Davies Ikanya, said Governor Wike who
is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) had been merely engaging in falsehood and
propaganda.
The party alleged that the money included N30
billion Mr. Wike borrowed shortly after assuming
office, the N10 billion left by the previous
administration and over N80 billion that accrued
from Internally Generated Revenue and the
Federation Account.
The party said, “Chief Wike represents everything
that should not be found anywhere near the
corridors of power. He personifies inaction,
profligacy, corruption, maladministration and
vendetta.
“Wike has not initiated any meaningful project in
Rivers State since he forcibly assumed office in
May 29th through the blood of Rivers people and
in connivance with the corrupt and demented State
Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dame Gesila
Khan.”
“Apart from setting up the vindictive Judicial
Commission of Inquiry and awarding contracts to
his companies for the filling of potholes in Port
Harcourt and Obio Akpor local government areas,
Chief Wike cannot justify the expenditure of the
N30 billion he borrowed plus the N10 billion left
by the administration of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi
and over N80 billion that has accrued to the State
through Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and
from the Federation Account.”
The APC alleged that the governor presented roads
constructed by Mr. Amaechi as those he
constructed in the last 100 days in office, noting
that no quality road could be constructed within
six month let alone 100 days.
It also accused the governor of sponsoring a
media war aimed at disparaging and decimating
Mr. Amaechi’s character as well as visiting various
churches to pray for forgiveness for the 100 people killed in the state in order to assume office.
The party said Mr. Wike could only boast of
increase of insecurity, kidnapping, robbery and
other criminal activities associated with a
visionless administration.
“Today, all the initiatives of the Amaechi
administration to curb insecurity in Rivers State
have been annulled by Wike and his cohorts,” it
said.
“The result is that Rivers residents now sleep with
two eyes open as kidnapping, such as the case of
Vanguard Columnist Donu Kogbara is now the
order of the day.”
The APC also berated Mr. Wike for failing to
declare his assets contrary to the dictates of the
Nigerian Constitution that elected public officers
should declare their assets.
It said, “We are, however, not surprised about his
reluctance to make his assets public because he
knows that if he does so, Rivers people and the
entire world would be shocked to know that half of
the property in Port Harcourt is owed by Chief Wike and his acolytes due to his greed and insatiable crave for wealth.”
The party lambasted Mr. Wike for refusing to
constitute a cabinet, saying the governor preferred
“to run the state from his bedroom in collaboration
with former first lady, Patience Jonathan and other
war lords that installed him as the Rivers State
Governor.”
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