Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has challenged former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi to clarify the alleged expenditure of $39 million on a hospital he claimed didn’t exist.
Wike made the remarks throughout his media parley on Tuesday, the place he questioned Amaechi’s dealing with of public funds throughout his tenure as governor of Rivers State.
He mentioned Amaechi had but to clarify the expenditure regardless of in search of election as a vice-presidential candidate.
“After you have left office, with the type of things you have done, you still have that audacity, that humility to come and tell Nigerians you want to be their vice president, when you are unable to explain how you fumigated a state for $10 million, when you are unable to explain how you spent $39 million on a hospital that didn’t exist, when you are unable to explain $308 million you sold gas turbines, and now you cannot come and tell people that the president is a thief.”
Wike additionally questioned Amaechi’s dealing with of a proposed hospital venture, alleging {that a} educating hospital had been demolished earlier than a brand new 1,000-bed facility was proposed.
“Secondly, look, you were a governor for Christ sake and you told look there was a teaching hospital you put it down and you said you are going to build 1,000 bed hospital and you name it Caribbean White Hospital and you say you have a partner a partner who is a company called Clinotek from Canada.”
The FCT minister mentioned he had proof of Amaechi discussing the venture and claimed the previous governor ought to clarify what occurred to the funds.
“I would have given you the video or I will send you the video where he said we have paid our own capital to come and make a statement on this so that we’ll be able to have it and prosecute him.”
Wike additional alleged that the police failed to ask Amaechi over the matter, regardless of a courtroom order directing them to deliver him earlier than the courtroom.
“Do you know what happened? The police never, never, invited him. He went to court. The court made an order that the police should bring him to court for where? No way.”
He questioned Amaechi’s determination to hunt the vice-presidency with out addressing the allegations.
“But this is a man who wants to aspire to become a presidential candidate, to rule Nigeria as the first president. That’s such a character.”
Faridah Abdulkadiri
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