Nyesom Wike has accused the former Governor of Rivers State of vandalizing the official State House and even took all the bullet proof doors, cars and furniture. Wike says he would not be able to live in the official residence for the next three months.
The controversial newly sworn-in Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has allegedly said the state Government House was vandalized and destroyed by the administration of Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
Wike spoke further saying that he would not be able to live in the official residence for the next three months due to the said vandalization, Punch reports.
The new Governor made the comments on Sunday, May 31, 2015 while speaking at the post-inauguration thanksgiving service in Port Harcourt.
“As I speak with you, everything has been vandalised. I will not enter the Government House in the next two or three months. There is no vehicle in Government House, not even one. Yet the former governor (Rotimi Amaechi) talks about corruption," Wike said.
The governor said further that the bullet proof doors, furniture, cars, crested carpets, curtains and windows had also been taken away.
Wike was sworn in on Friday, May 29, 2015.