How Rivers Senators Plan to Pull Amaechi Down at Screening

 

Senator George Sekibo (PDP) representing Rivers East Senatorial District has thrown more light on how his former political godfather, Rotimi Amaechi would fail as the Senate begins screening of ministerial nominees on Tuesday next week.

Speaking with Daily Post in his office, he wondered why the former governor of Rivers State should be among the ministerial nominees despite allegations of misappropriation of funds to the tune of N70 billion brought against him by a group known as Integrity Group.

He said the petition, which was forwarded to the Senate, was weighty enough to form Senate’s decision against Amaechi, while assuring the people of Rivers and Nigerians that Tuesday’s screening of would-be ministers will definitely be tough for Amaechi.

“There was a petition written to EFCC, ICPC and Presidency by a group known as Integrity Group, committed to good governance and transparency, which carried out a research on Rotimi Amaechi administration.

“They discovered that about the sum of 70 billion was misappropriated by him and he kept the money in a foreign account”, Sekibo said.

Sekibo added: “We learnt that the anti graft agencies have commenced investigation into the matter, but the Presidency may have not received the petition, that is why his name reflected, but now that the Senate has received the petition, I have laid it on the floor; it has been referred to public petition and I know the Committee will come out with appropriate recommendations that we will work with.”

 

Rotimi Amaechi recently cleared the air on the allegations of corruption levelled against him which has circulated the media. He attributed the accusations to the machinations of his political enemies who are against his ministerial nomination.