Governor, of Rivers State, Barr, Nyesom Wike says the immediate past Governor of the state, Chibuike Amaechi did not formally handover to him in 2015, because of inordinate greed to convert the state aircrafts and other valuable assets to personal possession.
Wike disclosed this during a stakeholders meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
He explained that the mere fact that the Amaechi led administration refused to set up a transition committee for purpose of proper handover to the incoming government in 2015 is a pointer that they desperately wanted to convert State assets and property for personal use.
The governor, challenged those who served in the immediate past administration with contrary view to present documents that there was no plan to convert Rivers State assets to personal possession.
He recalled that recently some Rivers indigenes went to a radio station in Port Harcourt to challenge the State government to give account of the gas turbine, helicopter, Legacy 600 jet and Dash 8 propeller aircrafts purchased by the administration of former governor, Dr Peter Odili.
And to allay their concern, he had to travel to Munich, Germany with some leaders of the State with the intent to recover the State owned Legacy 600 abandoned there since 2012 by the Amaechi led government.
“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 (Peterside) 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,” he said.
“Chief Victor Odili offered to buy Dash 8 at $5 million. In the Executive Council, the governor (Amaechi) said no, that he had a better offer and the better offer ($6million) is from Cross River state, when Liyel Imoke was the governor of the State and that he wanted to use it for the Obudu Ranch. 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 added.
