Governor Rotimi Amaechi's Global 5000 Bombardier Jet-Photo Credit: James Chevrier
By SaharaReporters, New York

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has acquired a brand new Bombardier Global 5000 (N565RS) for his exclusive use, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Mr. Amaechi’s lavish new “toy” comes at a time hundreds of thousands of residents in his state are displaced by the worst flooding crisis in the state’s history.
The newly purchased jet left Montreal-Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec to Dakar Yoff International Airport. And then it was delivered to the state government on October 7th 2012.
The jet was primarily purchased from Bombardier in Canada for $45.7 million through the Bank of Utah Trustee account. “This is an ungodly act,” said a Port Harcourt-based human rights campaigner. “Why should Governor Amaechi’s priority be to acquire a jet at a time the state is experiencing the worst flooding in its history, leaving many Rivers indigenes homeless?” he added.
Last year Mr. Amaechi traded off the state’s current Embraer Legacy 600 claiming it was too expensive to maintain. There were also unconfirmed claims that the jet was struck by lightning.
The oil-rich Rivers State already owns an AW139 helicopter which it leased to Aero Contractors. The state then turned around to patronize Aero’s VIP Sikorsky S76C helicopter at a cost one critic described as “exorbitant and unjustified.”
Last year, the state government sold its Dash 8-Q200 aircraft to Cross River State for $6 million. Cross River State then leased the plane to Aero Contractors to undertake commercial flights to and from Obudu airstrip in the state.
Rivers State owned Embraer Legacy 3000 jet solfd to Cross River's state at a giveaway price.Rivers State owned Agusta Westland(AW) 139 leased to Aero Contractors  On October 13, 2012 Guava-bellied Governor Rotimi Amaechi and his wife watching President Goodluck Jonathan speaking to citizens in Ahoada LGA of the state, the area was devastated by flooding rendering thosands of Rivers state citizens homeless, unknown to many Mr. Amaechi had just taken delivery of a brand new $50 million Bombardier Global 5000 jet a week earlier

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And people will come here and say he is the best PDP Governor. Best my arse!

WTF!

River state is in a complete mess due to river overflowing their bank which require a lot of funding

They want FG or τhe world to assist them yet they are buying private jets. Delta state Governor did same thing; calling τhe world to help out in τhe flooding issue ßŮϯ days later commissioning fleets of brand new luxurus buses

Who is fooling who?

Our politicians should be restricted to only 1 term in office of 3 years as they do not do anything in the 2nd tenure, come to Port Harcourt, no road, no road, no road, no light, no light no light, traffic jam, traffic jam, traffic jam, big wide craters on the road, its terrible. Even the few good roads not up to 2 years and not still completed are already riddled with enough pot holes.

Lmao@ Guava-bellied.. . .He seriously need a tommy tuck IMO.

Not surprised at all. Rivers state is in total mess, more of a glorified squalor.