UK Mail Online has again questioned the
credibility of one of President Muhammadu
Buhari's Ministers, Rotimi Amaechi, in an
article titled “Is Nigerian leader’s pal
‘fantastically corrupt’? Friend of African
president accused of stealing £500million”.
The publication had last week queried Buhari's
anti-corruption fight, saying he is wealthy and
that his family lives large.
In the new article written by Paul Cahalan and
published on Sunday, May 15, it said although
Muhammadu Buhari is seen by some as leading
the battle against corruption, worrying allegations
swirl around one of his close allies.
The article also alleged that, Amaechi, who
travelled with the president to the summit on
corruption in London, bankrolled Buhari’s
presidential campaign.
It partly reads: “In the Nigerian press he has been
dubbed ‘ATM’ – the American term for cash
machine – because of his ability to produce vast
sums of money at short notice.
“He remains in his post despite being accused of
misappropriating £338million by a commission
investigating the sale of state assets.
“Separately, Amaechi is accused of diverting
£140million of state funds into Buhari’s
presidential campaign, with reports he paid for
media, consultants and private jets.
“The allegations come as the president stands
accused of enjoying a lavish lifestyle while many
millions suffer in poverty.
“There was also a request for £13million for
building a VIP wing at a hospital used by families
of the president and his ministerial team.”
“Mr Amaechi has denied the allegations against
him.”
It would be recalled that the Rivers State
Governor, Nyesom Wike , had set up a
Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice George
Omereji to look into the sale of value assets of the
state by Amaechi’s administration - the
Commission indicted the ex-governor.
In its October 2015 report, the Commission
accused Amaechi of selling valuable Rivers’ assets
including four gas turbines without due process.
Defending Amaechi, who was a ministerial
nominee at that time, the APC publicity secretary
in Rivers, Mr. Chris Finebone described the release
of the government white paper as “nothing worth
more than the decrepit paperweight and putrefying
character of its mastermind and authors.”
“However, it is a huge relief to our leader, Rotimi
Amaechi that Nyesom Wike finally accepts that an
accused is taken to court of law and not court of
public opinion through the manipulation of the
media.
“Wike is at liberty to amuse himself but wanton
display by a governor of crass ignorance of the
basic workings of government with regard to how
government disposes its property and the process
of channelling the payments into government
coffers calls for sober reflection by every Rivers
man, woman and youth.
“The APC would like to state that those who
crafted this whole melodrama know very well that
their contraption is nothing more than a tale told
by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying
nothing.
“We have no doubt that very concrete records of
every bit of matter relating to the Monorail, sale of
power stations, reserve fund, agricultural grant,
lease of Olympia Hotel and any others have all
been articulated and already in the public domain.
Of course, these will be availed the court to
permanently put paid to the ongoing chicanery
Wike and his friends.”
In a related report, Wike and Buhari are reportedly
in an ongoing behind-closed door » meeting at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Though the agenda of
the meeting was unclear as at press time.
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The man ho single-handedly removed PDP from power. Long live our strong Lion!!

BUT WHAT IS CORRUPTION MR BUHARI

Wailers should accept defeat and stop routing propaganda via editorial opinion in UK based media outlets. If the likes of Tinubu n Ameachi were quilty why did Jona have to raid our treasury to sponsor vile propaganda documentary against them? Why not EFCC or ICPC going after them?