Rivers State Government
has asserted that former Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s refusal to appear before
the judicial commission of inquiry set up by Governor Nyesom Wike to probe the
sale of valued assets of the state and other matters was an admission of guilt.
In a statement
issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, the Special Adviser on Media to Wike,
Opunabo Inko-Tariah, also said it was wrong for anybody to think that the
Justice George Omereji Commission of Inquiry was set up to indict Amaechi. -Naija
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He said:
“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 transaction
are opaque. It is even more important when the out-going administration demurs
to hand over or when there are no handover notes.”
He said the
criticism of the commission by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state
was a face-saving step to cover up the misdeeds of the past administration.
“It was the same
Amaechi and his cronies who questioned the proprietary of the commission and a
court of competent jurisdiction confirmed the legitimacy with an addendum that
it was set up in sync with the relevant laws.
“What else are
they looking for? In my personal view, therefore, their refusal to appear
before the panel is an admission of guilt.”
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