Wike accuses Amaechi of funding Buhari’s campaign with N30bn

A former Minister of State for Education and the governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Nyesom
Wike, has accused the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, of
spending N30bn to fund the presidential campaign of the All
Progressives Congress.
Wike explained that the development had made it impossible for the
state government to pay workers' salaries, adding that the governor
was using state resources to fund the APC with the hope that he would
be picked as the running mate to the APC presidential candidate,
Muhammadu Buhari.
The PDP governorship candidate pointed out that Amaechi was being
deceived by the leadership of the APC to continue to fund the party,
adding that the APC leadership had never been interested in selecting
the governor as Buhari's running mate.
Speaking during his thank-you visit to Ikwerre Local Government Area
on Thursday, Wike noted that the future of Nigerians was in the PDP
and not the APC.
"Do you know why workers' salaries have not been paid? Amaechi spent
N30bn in funding the presidential campaign of the APC. They (the APC
leadership) allowed him to spend the money and later, they called him
mugu (fool).
"They (the APC leadership) said we will not make this 'boy' who does
not respect the President (Goodluck Jonathan) the vice president. We
should know that our future is in the PDP and not the APC," Wike
stressed.
The former minister also decried the statement credited to the APC
governorship candidate in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, that he
(Peterside) would build on Amaechi legacy.
According to him, some of the governor's actions on the state
judiciary, monorail project were not worth continuing as a legacy.
Reacting to Wike's allegation, the state Commissioner for Information
and Communication, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said the PDP governorship
candidate spoke without fact, even as she challenged him to show any
proof that Amaechi was funding the APC.
"It is unbelievable that a man who wants to be the governor of this
state can make such an unbelievable statement without any proof. We
challenge him (Wike) to show proof that Governor Amaechi spent N30bn
to fund the APC campaign."