donbachi:
1yr for u to leave office,u remember sey rivers state plane dey germany.

wetin be ur interest?

So he should abandon the aircraft as well as his predecessor did because he has one year left to leave office?

emekachief:
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Cantonese:
What is the economic sense?

I am sure it was not brand new when it was purchased by Sir Odili in 2003. Having abandoned the aircraft since 2012, what is the assurance of its airworthiness after repair.

Wike should simply sell the aircraft and put the money to use in other areas of need.

If he sold the aircraft, people will still complain. This is politics, when Atiku said he will privatised NNPC, and Nigeria Refinery people where shouting up and down calling him name. Till today people still accused OBJ for selling Nigeria Airways.

emekachief:
I need Facebook account. It must be more than five years old

DM, it is over eight years

benuejosh:
Why not sell off the aircraft and use the money for the betterment of the rivers people. There are projects Ameachi started in the state that he should have gone on to complete with that money instead of wasting such huge amount of money on a wasted and rotten aircraft. N1.4Billion just to repair aircraft.

Few takeaways.

1.) Another evidence that PDP and wastage cannot be separated. They don't deserve to come back to power.

2.) Bros is planning on using the plane for next year general elections. He will be traveling from state to state. Big plans.

3.) Wasted taxpayers money to fly politicians to Germany just to see a rotten and forgotten plane.

4.) Rivers people are not bothered about N1.4billion spent on repairs of an airplane that has no value to them.

If he sell the aircraft, the same you people that will still used it to campaign against him that he sold River State aircraft.

SarkinYarki:
20 years old legacy 600 parked spoilt for 10 years to be repaired for almost 4 million dollars is a bad decision

Age shouldn't be an issue. The aircraft will be fitted with brand new parts in Germany - you know Germans are really good at engineering. If you have a 20- year old car refitted with new tyres, battery and engine, the age of the car wouldn't really matter- the car will be almost like new. Same with an aircraft.

My brother! I thought as much too. Spending such a whooping amount on an old outdated aircraft that may be used for just one or two years before decommissioning due to obsolete parts and onboard operating system. How much is even a brand new legacy 600 sef?

Just to go for a supposed missing aircraft inspection, almost a complete cabinet was involved in the trip that is of no significant economic benefit to the state.

SarkinYarki:
20 years old legacy 600 parked spoilt for 10 years to be repaired for almost 4 million dollars is a bad decision

You just wonder how government in Nigeria works.
Little wonder we are where we are.
What exactly is the function of the civil service.
Are they not responsible for administering government.
Did Amaechi draw funds from his personal account and fly out that plane to Germany himself?
There was bound to be documentation from the government to the Customs Service, the Federal Civil Aviation Authority and a few other regulatory agencies before it was shipped out.

Who processed these documents and how come they have all disappeared and the government staff involved dissolved into thin air....
I just do not understand how things work in this country anymore.
How can assets worth billions of naira just vanish like that without human or documentary evidence.

SarkinYarki:
20 years old legacy 600 parked spoilt for 10 years to be repaired for almost 4 million dollars is a bad decision

How Sir?
What is the market valuation of such an aircraft now? Please educate us how Wike's decision is a bad one

orumba:
Who was spending the maintenance money for the abandoned plane since 2012

Do you the meaning of the word abandon?

The entire Rivers state cabinet with the overfed Buffon governor form delegation to Germany to do FBI where they discovered abandoned aircraft, but the useless Buffon gladly and openly admitted that he spent €3,390,840.00 on the ancient decade old aircraft on top of the massive amount he spent to ship his beg bele isi ewu FBI investigators to Germany including food, drinks, lodging and feeding.

In fact, this clown enter office and abandoned everything his predecessor left behind, including the Monorail that he should have circled the whole of rivers with. It's like Sanwo Olu saying he won't continue or finish the Lagos Metro Rail because his predecessors spent too much money on it, not this clown found an excuse to run to Germany and spend over 3 million euros on a decade old plan that he himself abandoned and loot his own on the side.

What a crooked and corrupt clown, just loo at them...Must be the first time they left their village.


I just wonder if a decade old plane or splashing 3 million euros is a huge priority to the people of Rivers

Wike is a clown and use every opportunity to get to Ameachi.Odili is your godfather, you were one time a commissioner under Ameachi and you telling us as if your just found out River’s aircraft was parked in Germany for repairs. It’s nonsensical

Lifestone:

How Sir?
What is the market valuation of such an aircraft now? Please educate us how Wike's decision is a bad one

I don't know what year it is exactly but for it be bought in 2002 shows it's above 20 years ....let me make this easy ...I can get you a perfectly working 2008 model of the Legacy 600 for 5.5 million dollars buy and fly , no work to be done ....if Wike fixes this and wants to sell it he will be lucky if he can for 4 million dollars

UCyril:
Too bad how can formal governor abandoned such an asset in Germany without informing the incoming govt for 10 years.
Amaechi need to answer some questions.

It has been abandoned for 10 years, wike has been Governor for 7 years, Do the maths, blaming someone else for his own incompetence?

owagbeba:


Probably weighed the cost of repair versus the welfare of his state... spending 4,000,000euro on a joyride is really foolhardy

why no documentation?

Lifestone:

How Sir?
What is the market valuation of such an aircraft now? Please educate us how Wike's decision is a bad one

Of what relevance is the ancient plane to the people of Rivers? I'd love to know why 3 million dollars must be spent on a worthless plane.

Will the plane put food on the table or transport the people of Rivers from point A to point B?

The same Wike is still flying around in the private jet Amaechi bought and left behind.

3 million just went down the drain just to do propaganda and attack his successor.

3exe3:
wike just got a new jet besides his love for the ikwerre l.g.a chairman is something i have noticed for long but the question is why bring an l.g.a chairman who should be in his office to germany with you or is that part of his job as a l.g.a chairman to inspect planes


is he going to be wikes choice for rivers people coming 2023?

Prepping him to take over as the state governor

I mean, just see the delegation he wasted money to transport to Germany over the old and ancient plane that he wasted 3 million dollars on..

This is bad comedy, governing in that part of the country is just too shitty beyond redemption..

israelmao:
Ameachi did everything to mess up Jonathan someone is doing everything to mess him up.Whatever you sow that what you will reap.

Read and be enlightened.

1. APC did not win 2015 because Buhari was overly popular.

APC won because PDP fought amongst themselves and destroyed itself.

The current infighting in APC may be good for Nigerians

I will give some history on how the PDP downfall started from 2012.

2. It all started 2012. The N.E zonal Congress of the PDP was held in Bauchi to elect the National Chairman.

Bamanga Tukur was GEJ anointed candidate but he lost the local election. However, three days later, all other candidates withdrew for him.

GEJ forced him in.

3. The NWC members were very annoyed. They thought he was too old. (He was in his 80s).

GEJ wanted him because he had money and could not be bought by Governors easily.

The chief opponent was the Governor of Adamawa state Murtala Nyako. They were from the same state.

4. Why did he not want Tukur as Chairman

A. Being Chairman would make Nyako the number 2 in the state
B. He believed Tukur wanted to make his son Governor in 2015

True to Nyako’s fear, the state executive committee in the party was dissolved. The NWC distanced themselves.

5. This was the spark that started all the confusion in PDP and metamorphosed into the eventual loss of PDP

The NWC reinstated the sacked executives and said the Chairman acted alone.

However, Dame Jonathan fight with Amaechi, Amaechi issues with GEJ over oil wells.

6. His rancorous relationship with the Speaker Tambuwal, sacking of Oyinlola as National secretary, GEJ 2nd term etc were all isolated cases that added to the eventual collapse

But the Tukur situation was the spark.

Let me continue the story. So....

7. Two parallel bodies were created in Adamawa.

The Governor had swore to fight the Chairman and GEJ (who he thought supported such moves)

Next bad move, Tukur suspended Amaechi. It stunned people because even though GEJ and him were enemies, it was illegal to do so without NEC.

8. Tukur had not called any NEC meeting but still suspended him anyways.

Next Governor to be suspended was Gov Wamakko of Sokoto state. Again no one was consulted.

Why were these men suspended?

Wamakko was rumored to be contesting for President and Amaechi was to be VP.

9. Wamakko also supported Nyako openly when Tukur and himself were fighting for power.

Also Amaechi spats with GEJ made the suspension of both men align with GEJ and Tukur’s interest.

What next? Other Governors revolt. They see this as a bad sign.

10. Gov. Lamido of Jigawa openly frowned at the suspensions. Also Kwankwaso of Kano

Rumbling starts....

BOT chairman, Chief Tony Anenih felt Tukur was the devil and was deceiving GEJ

Meanwhile the issue of 2nd term and the supposed gentleman’s agreement for GEJ not to contest.

11. Started raising issues.

Campaign posters were out for GEJ and he did nothing to douse the rumors of him not contesting.

Three senators and Governors were mandated to see GEJ to clear the air on that

They were Saraki, Lamido and Adamu Abdullahi

Saraki was hesitant.

12. Saraki and GEJ were not friends.

It started from Yaradua’s time when Saraki was the all powerful NGF chairman. He had more powers than GEJ who was vice then.

TO BE CONTINUED �

13. LETS CONTINUE

People regarded GEJ then as that lucky guy.

But Yar’adua, the ever wise President then was aware of things and asked Saraki (He is on Twitter. He can confirm) to discuss with GEJ.

GEJ said “No problem, your excellency”

But after Yar’Asia’s demise,

14. GEJ was made to remember some of the role Saraki contributed in the political bedlam during Yar’adua’s sickness.

Later, Saraki even met GEJ at the villa to ask him why EFCC was harassing him and his family. GEJ feigned ignorance.

But he barely left the villa when SFU

15. unit declared him wanted. SFU is Special Fraud Unit.

Let’s not deviate.

So those men met GEJ. Lamido, Abdullahi and Saraki. They came back upset.

Why? GEJ kept them waiting for hours. And gave them a “I don’t give a Bleep” attitude about the gentleman’s agreement

16. A G-7 of aggrieved governors was formed.

They were Adamawa, Kano, Niger, Jigawa, Kwara, Rivers and Sokoto.

They were headed by Baraje.

They would be the n-PDP

They either hated Tukur or were against GEJ 2nd term.

17. Their plan was to mobilize against GEJ nationwide.

Saraki wanted someone else to defeat GEJ at the primaries.

Amaechi wanted to leave the PDP outrightly.

Others were undecided.

18. PDP convention came, all 7 Governors planned a walk-out.

Atiku gets to hear of this. He wants to be part of it.

The others are reluctant to include him especial Nyako. They include him in the plans anyways.

Meanwhile, the newly formed APC can’t believe their luck!

19. The n-PDP did not want to leave PDP save Amaechi

They just wanted to force GEJ hand so he sacks Tukur and a renegotiation of 2015.

But things get out of hand very quickly.

57 out of 204 PDP lawmakers swear allegiance to n-PDP

Anenih panics and tries to talk sense to GEJ

20. Tukur instead fights the G-7 and suspends the state executives in Kano and others.

It explodes and they all walk into APC.

Just like that (without a single vote cast) APC got the big 3 Kano, Rivers and Lagos (Lagos was always APC)

Game over.

THE END!

This is just a propaganda to smear Amechi. The plane was bought in 2003 when Wike was chairman obio akpor LG then. Was it never mentioned in the monthly LG / executive meeting? ( I believe they poped champagne to the new aircraft then)

Amechi assumed mantle of leadership as Governor in 2007 while Wike was is chief of staff( COS) Didn't they flew in the aircraft together from 2007 till 2011that Amechi nominated him for ministerial position?

Wike became a governor in 2015 a set his priorities to hammer down Amechi immediately. Seizing everything from him under state asset recovery but forgetting to trace and recover the state aircraft they grooved in together then until 2022( campaigning yr)

Wike should jst go Siddon. Amechi is not coming out for presidency. Don't kill urself on top hin matter

That's great

SarkinYarki:
20 years old legacy 600 parked spoilt for 10 years to be repaired for almost 4 million dollars is a bad decision

The company that is servicing the plane will make like 70% of that money I bet u.

Dot101:
This is just a propaganda to smear Amechi. The plane was bought in 2003 when Wike was chairman obio akpor LG then. Was it never mentioned in the monthly LG / executive meeting? ( I believe they poped champagne to the new aircraft then)

Amechi assumed mantle of leadership as Governor in 2007 while Wike was is chief of staff( COS) Didn't they flew in the aircraft together from 2007 till 2011that Amechi nominated him for ministerial position?

Wike became a governor in 2015 a set his priorities to hammer down Amechi immediately. Seizing everything from him under state asset recovery but forgetting to trace and recover the state aircraft they grooved in together then until 2022( campaigning yr)

Wike should jst go Siddon. Amechi is not coming out for presidency. Don't kill urself on top hin matter

We all know the man is lying, he just cooked up a story and excuse to loot before leaving office...

That thing should have been sold, and if need be, a new aircraft purchased. Or better still, proceeds from the sale used for meaningful program/project for Rivers state.

SarkinYarki:
20 years old legacy 600 parked spoilt for 10 years to be repaired for almost 4 million dollars is a bad decision

The parking and taxes on that Jet alone for that amount of time if it was functional is basically the same amount spent to fix it. If you ask me, that is Genius of him to do.

Your father Buhari said presidential fleet was Luxury and he’s going to sell some off. He’s leaving office in a few months, and there’s basically no month he doesn’t fly at least 3 times out of the country. How much does each of those trips cost Tax payers?

As a country we do not have a national carrier, but your father flies like no man’s business. But you want to criticize the Governor of one of the oil rich state for retrieving what was stolen because he spent funds to fix it. Clap for your dull gutter brain

Kaiser20:

If you Lack ideas, just keep your fingers in your pocket

Go and sit down.

Why not tell us your own ideas or close your eyes to the ideas of others?

KaluwisxPRO:


The parking and taxes on that Jet alone for that amount of time if it was functional is basically the same amount spent to fix it. If you ask me, that is Genius of him to do.

The genius thing will be to sell it

SarkinYarki:


The genius thing will be to sell it

How many Buhari don selll?? Presidential fleet was too much, his kids are flying them to Dubai for shopping.

Even Ministers Olosho dey use Presidential Jet go shopping Wetin you don do about am

KaluwisxPRO:


The parking and taxes on that Jet alone for that amount of time if it was functional is basically the same amount spent to fix it. If you ask me, that is Genius of him to do.

Parking fees has nothing to do with repair cost, he must settle the parking fees first before even talking about repairs, these are separate charges unless the facility generously waive the parking fees.

NGpatriot:



Parking fees has nothing to do with repair cost, he must settle the parking fees first before even talking about repairs, these are separate charges unless the facility generously waive the parking fees.

Did you read from the article anything about pending payment or debt owed? Do you know if those were already factored into the total cost of repairs

If so, then why is it a problem when the cost for parking and taxes of a functioning Jet alone for the same amount of time is basically almost the same amount spent to get the Jet to Rivers state