Wike Has Squandered Over N120bn In 100 Days – Rivers APC

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers
State has been accused by the state
chapter of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), of allegedly
squandering over N120 billion during
his first 100 days in office.

The APC, in a statement on Monday
by its chairman, Davies Ikanya, said
Governor Wike who is a member of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
had been merely engaging in
falsehood and propaganda.

The party alleged that the money
included N30 billion Mr. Wike
borrowed shortly after assuming
office, the N10 billion left by the
previous administration and over
N80 billion that accrued from
Internally Generated Revenue and
the Federation Account.

The party said, “Chief Wike
represents everything that should not
be found anywhere near the
corridors of power. He personifies
inaction, profligacy, corruption,
maladministration and vendetta.

“Wike has not initiated any
meaningful project in Rivers State
since he forcibly assumed office in
May 29th through the blood of Rivers
people and in connivance with the
corrupt and demented State Resident
Electoral Commissioner, Dame Gesila
Khan.”

“Apart from setting up the vindictive
Judicial Commission of Inquiry and
awarding contracts to his companies
for the filling of potholes in Port
Harcourt and Obio Akpor local
government areas, Chief Wike cannot
justify the expenditure of the N30
billion he borrowed plus the N10
billion left by the administration of
Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi and over
N80 billion that has accrued to the
State through Internally Generated
Revenue (IGR) and from the
Federation Account.”

The APC alleged that the governor
presented roads constructed by Mr.
Amaechi as those he constructed in
the last 100 days in office, noting that
no quality road could be constructed
within six month let alone 100 days.

It also accused the governor of
sponsoring a media war aimed at
disparaging and decimating Mr.
Amaechi’s character as well as
visiting various churches to pray for
forgiveness for the 100 people killed
in the state in order to assume office.

The party said Mr. Wike could only
boast of increase of insecurity,
kidnapping, robbery and other
criminal activities associated with a
visionless administration.

“Today, all the initiatives of the
Amaechi administration to curb
insecurity in Rivers State have been
annulled by Wike and his cohorts,” it
said.

“The result is that Rivers residents
now sleep with two eyes open as
kidnapping, such as the case of
Vanguard Columnist Donu Kogbara is
now the order of the day.”

The APC also berated Mr. Wike for
failing to declare his assets contrary
to the dictates of the Nigerian
Constitution that elected public
officers should declare their assets.

It said, “We are, however, not
surprised about his reluctance to
make his assets public because he
knows that if he does so, Rivers
people and the entire world would be
shocked to know that half of the
property in Port Harcourt is owed by
Chief Wike and his acolytes due to his
greed and insatiable crave for
wealth.”

The party lambasted Mr. Wike for
refusing to constitute a cabinet,
saying the governor preferred “to run
the state from his bedroom in
collaboration with former first lady,
Patience Jonathan and other war
lords that installed him as the Rivers
State Governor.”