Wike bombs Amaechi again, says minister sold all gas turbines, Olympia Hotel, transferred $50m cash from Rivers account

By segun On May 9, 2022

Anthony Iwuoma
Governor Nyesom Wike ,of Rivers State has revisited the tenure of his predecessor and now Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, and claimed that the former governor sold the state’s patrimony, including gas turbines and Olympia Hotel as well as transfered $50 million out of the Rivers State’s account during his tenure that terminated in 2019.
Speaking during a thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Port Harcourt on Sunday, Wike also accused an All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in the state, Tonye Cole, of being Amaechi’s business partner, adding that Cole was being packaged to take over from him as governor of the state as a means of turning Rivers into Amaechi’s personal property.
Wike said: “You (Amaechi) think you can sell this state? The former governor thinks that he can bring his business partner, after you have sold all our gas turbines, Olympia Hotel, collected our $50 million cash.
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“He (Cole) must account for the $50 million they took from our account. Whoever knows him should tell him. $50 million was taken from Rivers State Access Bank account and transferred to Sahara Energy account.