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As the crisis rocking the PDP continued unabated, a pro-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the platform of Rivers State Democracy Sustainable Group (RSDSG) has accused Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of Paying about three billion naira to some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftains and former governors code-named PDP-G5, to oppose the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
It also accused the Governor of allegedly frittering away state resources through various donations like a purported N300m he gave to the National women conference of the APC organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), at the Eko Hotels and Suites.
RSDSG also alleged that Wike also donated N200 million to the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, at the latter’s birthday party; besides 25 buses he gave to the Cross River and Benue States PDP.
The group as part of its reactions said that Governor Wike further “went to his kinsmen in Ogbumnuabali and doled out a mouth watery sum of N2b for doing absolutely nothing,” lamenting that such donation would’ve better been channeled to developing state infrastructures.
“Such a fund would have been directed to fixing the uninhabitable condition of our state secretariat because the civil servants in the state have seen nothing but neglect in Wike’s seven reckless years of mismanagement of state funds,” it stated.
In a statement made available to Daily Independent, RSDSG Convener, Justin Chibuike, said “from 2015 till date Gov. Nyesom Wike has received trillions of Naira from internally Generated Revenue, federal allocations, local and foreign interventions and sales of Rivers State government properties including the gas turbine Rotimi Amaechi acquired from Holland and Saipem; but has not spent one third of these Rivers owned resources.”
“We have realised that the courage to fight an unknown battle has been fully funded by the purse of Rivers State. The Governor in his bid to service the loyalty of the characters masquerading as fighters for justice in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resulted in throwing Rivers resources into the bellies of the fishes acting as militants in the PDP.
“Furthermore, the Governor of the state should explain to Rivers people if the monies that he doles out frequently to forces outside Rivers State are duly captured and approved by the Rivers State House of Assembly in the yearly budgets of the state.
“Rivers people are tired and can’t continue in this charade of the governor in his utter wastage that has continually underdeveloped the state in times as such where there is serious unemployment and no human capital development or Empowerment to enable the youths create meaningful opportunities for themselves to grow the declining state GDP and of course the rising inflation in our dear state.
“We’ve also seen how about seven international trips of these Governors are sponsored by the governor at the expense of our state purse to hold secret meetings with political candidates in luxurious hotels for weeks in Europe that adds zero economic benefit to the state.
“It is quite unfortunate that a man who seeks accountability in his party is involved in actions that negate the core values of a just course. The Governor swore an oath to be accountable to Rivers people and we are of this notice asking him to give accounts of his ridiculous spendings of state resources.
We have uncovered properties owned by the state, especially the civil service quarters that are given to his friends and allies who are not Rivers people all to entice their support for his failed presidential bid. We ask, what have the civil servants done to Wike that for seven and half years they’ve not experienced promotion of any sort and that the state secretariat is kept in an uninhabitable condition,” it added.
While wondering if the giveaways were approved by the state assembly the group threatened that “If the Governor does not speak to Rivers people and hand over their properties back to the state, all these documents will be revealed including sales agreements of these properties both locally and internationally.”
