Stop Shielding Amaechi - PDP Warns President Buhari

Peoples Democratic Party, Rivers State chapter  has challenged former governor of the state, Chibuike Amaechi to stop hiding under the cover of President Muhammadu Buhari and be man enough to come out and respond to avalanche of corruption allegations against him.

The state chairman of the PDP, Bro Felix Obuah in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam said the degree and number of fraudulent acts initiated and allegations committed by the former governor are shocking and can no longer be glossed over.

PDP said a non-governmental organization, the Integrity Group has also petitioned President Buhari as well as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) respectively of various cases of criminal breach of trust, unlawful self enrichment and conversion of over N70 billion belonging to Rivers State government by former Governor Chibuike Amaechi, among others.

This is aside from the $105 million, amounting to about N21 billion which the PDP alleged Amaechi hurriedly transferred from the sale of the Power Assets proceeds account with the Access Bank into accounts of three private Companies namely: Advante Consulting and Management Company, Result Import Experts Co and Capital Index Ltd, all with the same business address at 25 Trans-Amadi Road, Port Harcourt.

The State PDP chair described the discoveries as curious and shocking.

According to the party, there was also another unlawful payment to and fraudulent conversion of N4,633,440,000.00 by Clinoriv Specialist Hospital and Leisure Limited and unlawful enrichment of Messrs Collect Nigeria Limited, used as a conduit pipe to the tune of N1,505,895,072.00, to defraud the state government under the guise of consultancy by the former governor.

The list of corrupt practices against Amaechi and functionaries of his government, according to the PDP is endless.

The party therefore wants President Buhari to stop shielding Rotimi Amaechi and rather encourage him to come out of his hiding and face all these corruption allegations against him if his anti corruption crusade is genuine, and not targeted at perceived political enemies.

The PDP also wants the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other relevant anti graft agencies to immediately swing into action and recover all monies illegally stolen by Rotimi Amaechi and return same to the Rivers State government.