Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has disclosed why his
predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi refused to hand over to him in 2015.
Amaechi, now the Minister of Transportation, was a two-term
governor of Rivers State.
Speaking, Wike explained that Amaechi refused to hand over
to him in 2015 due to his decision to convert the state’s aircraft and other
properties to his personal possession.
Wike spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government
House, Port Harcourt yesterday, while explaining the circumstances around the
state-owned Legacy 600 jet and Dash 8 plane recovered in Munich.
Wike said his administration recovered the state-owned
Legacy 600 abandoned since 2012 by the Amaechi-led government.
The Governor explained that the Amaechi-led government
refused to set up a transition committee to properly handover to his then
incoming government in 2015.
He noted that this was a pointer that the Amaechi-led
administration was desperate to convert State assets and property for personal
use.
The Governor stressed that nothing would have been heard of
the jet if Dakuku Peterside had won the 2015 governorship election in the
State.
According to Wike: “The whole essence of why they took the
plane to Germany was because the former governor felt that he was going to
install a governor in 2015.
“If Dakuku had become governor, that was the end of the
plane. That was just the whole essence, because he felt Dakuku must be governor
and to the glory of God he did not become…that is why the plane is coming back
latest the end of March this year.”
Wike said the last that was heard of the Dash 8 plane was
when Amaechi refused selling it to a former Governor of the State, Victor
Odili.
He disclosed that Odili had wanted to buy the plane for
$5million.
Wike wondered who purchased the jet between Cross River
State government and Odili.
“Out of that $6 million, Liyel had paid N100m as deposit. Up
till now, where is the balance? Where is our Dash 8? If they sold it to Cross
River State, where is the balance? Asset that ought to be documented and handed
over to who is coming in,” he lamented.
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