No ‘fear’ in Wike, as he proceeds with probe of Amaechi

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has resolved to implement the recommendations of George Omereji-led judicial commission of inquiry, without fear nor trepidation.

Wike said his government would not allow financial crimes to be committed with impunity in Rivers, adding that the criticism against the panel will not deter him from taking decisions that will move the state forward.

Wike, said this in a statement signed on Wednesday, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah.

“The implementation of the commission’s recommendations shall be devoid of fear or favour, affection or ill will. The refusal to appear before the panel is an admission of guilt. The allegation that the Justice Omereji’s commission of inquiry is a subterfuge to indict Rotimi Amaechi suffers from eclipse of reasoning and poverty of logic.

“Amaechi set up the Justice Kayode Esho’s commission and when former governor Peter Odili was invited, he obliged despite the fact that Justice Esho had made some uncomplimentary remarks about a perpetual injunction concerning Odili.”

“The Omereji’s panel was set up to probe expenditures made by Amaechi’s government, which is what any responsible government will do because the tax payers’ money is not for one man, especially when certain financial transactions are opaque.

“It is even more important when the outgoing administration demurred to hand over or when there were no handover notes. The welter of criticisms by the APC in Rivers State is actuated by fear of exposure. It is just a hocus pocus.

“Governor Wike inherited a hobbling economy and a suffocating treasury. He provided the lifesaving machine and today, the state is recuperating. The sittings (of the panel) were not done clandestinely and all that was expected of Amaechi and his acolytes was for them to appear and prove their innocence.”

 

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