PDP accuses Amaechi of stealing loan for farmers

                                             

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state has blamed Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi for stealing funds approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria for farmers in the state. The party’s state chapter has written a letter to the incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike advising him to ensure that all looting funds belonging to Rivers people are returned from the looters, and immediately consider putting all machinery in place for in-depth probe into the activities of Amaechi’s government.

The letter reads in part: “The PDP regretted that under former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, officials of the government and Caretaker Committee Chairmen shamelessly and criminally shared amongst themselves loans meant for peasant farmers in the state. “Shamelessly, the same farmers the APC denied loans the Central Bank Nigeria of Nigeria, CBN, provided are same people they are approaching for votes, the PDP noted. The PDP insists he who must come to equity, must come with clean hands.” The PDP’s chairman, Bro Felix Obuah in a statement in Port Harcourt appealed to the Wike to also implement the Rivers state government White Paper. The document uncovered huge stealing of Rivers tax payers’ money during Amaechi’s tenure as the governor with a view to recovering all stolen money. Wike also advised to probe the activities of Magnus Abe, Andrew Uchendu, Dakuku Peterside and others to identify the roles they played directly or indirectly in the looting of the common wealth of Rivers people.
“The state will hardly recover and the people unhappy until those fingered in the mindless looting of the state resources go through the necessary investigation and prosecution, over the massive looting that characterized the administration of Amaechi and such loot recovered for the development of the state”, the statement said. The House of Representatives, had on October 14 last year based on a motion promoted by PDP lawmaker had set up   the adhoc committee to investigate contracts awarded for the rehabilitation of rail tracks, standard gauge, bridges, coaches, wagons and locomotives between 2010 and 2014 amounting to N1 trillion. 
However, Amaechi denied any accusations of corruption.