TonyeBarcanista:
Enemy of rivers state

Olayinka8793:
e be like say you have memory loss,how was Diezani's trial in U.K related to the present APC govt? Let her sort out herself and if she manage to survive jail in U.k,she will come back home to face fresh corruption charges and that is when u should be shouting hypocrisy.

playtheblues:
Is Dezieani innocent until proven guilty too?

playtheblues:
Is Dezieani innocent until proven guilty too?

bashydemy:
Abeg help me ask them who save the money for reserve oooooo

IBBG:
na amaechi get the money or na rivers state money?

STFUareyouGod:
They should all do an ostrich and bury their faces in the sand. Amaechi's looting of Rivers state treasury is as obvious as the word obvious itself. but these shameless hypocrites wont see that. they call it witchhunting. smh

aresa:
Instead of the dumb and coward Amaechi spent title, why not just come out and say Amaechi stole ...?

These are not ready for prime time..

Amaechi made PMB's list because he passed background and security checks.. meaning no stolen money, no foreign bank accounts and so on...


Jobless temporary governor.

IbokUtoroh:
demdem i need ur views in this.

First and foremost, the op is a fool for the headline he gave. No where in the post was it alleged that Amaechi stole.
Secondly, The reserved fund is a brain child of Amaechi himself who chose to save a certain percentage of income during the boom period, a feat jonah-daft never achieved at the center. that is a huge plus for Amaechi.
Thirdly, when income was dwindling, Amaechis reserve fund came to the rescue which was used to sustain the state. Each withdrawal had the backing of the HOA which is the representation of the people so it was a collective decision to withdraw and sustain the state.
Below are highlights from the report:

Ongoing probe of the administration of former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi by the State Judicial Commission of Inquiry has revealed how the sum of N53.930 billion was withdrawn out of the total N55 billion saved in the state reserved fund, originally meant to serve as a bail-out for the state in the case of emergency.

The witness told the Commission about four different resolutions of the State Assembly, which culminated in the withdrawals made.

According to him, the first resolution was made in 13 February, 2014, followed by the second and third resolutions which took place on 25 February, 2014 and 20 October, 2014 while the fourth and last resolution was made on18 May, 2015 prior to the handover of the former governor.

Based on the resolutions passed, the witness stated that Amaechi withdrew N30 billion, N19 billion, and N5 billion, apart from the fourth request of N1billion, which he recollected though was granted, but could not be withdrawn by the governor based on the protest by the funds trustees

via the e-mail that, no list of expenditure was attached, to know what the projects would be executed for

bashydemy:
And any proof that 52Billion naira is missing?

STFUareyouGod:
you are _dumb AF. dont you know how you lot already found her guilty even without being prosecuted? how is amaechi different from dezaqini? Are not talking about corruption? or APC is not exempted from the corruption war? stop being a _dunce. just go bury your shameless face in the sand

Olayinka8793:
As if Wike is a saint,I wished Bubu make Amaechi minister of education so he get to revenge by probing Wike's tenure as education minister,or minister of defense or any other ministry that would enable him deal with wike.

Olayinka8793:
fool,99 percent of naija politicians and govt appointees are thieves including Amaechi and Fashola,the difference between them and your frog eyed Diezani was that they stole with sense and are proven performers with verifiable achievements to show for it unlike your madam whose kleptocracy knows no bound and worst still she was not known to have any major achievements credited to her to have made her reward herself by over looting.

Demdem:


Form ur own opinion fool. what i say wont change the path of eediocy u have chosen to thread.
@ Thread, very funny report. so upon all the shout about monorail etc this is the only thing these fools av been able to bring up? i was expecting to see Amaechi stole so so amount, diverted so so funds to so so bank accounts or so so houses or companies were purchased by Amaechi that are proceeds of corruption but nothing of this surface instead this none issue. This panel has shown to be incompetent like their master wike. The issue raised in the final report is a no issue because it has been thrashed before on this forum

https://www.nairaland.com/2590130/amaechi-stole-n53.930bn-reserve-fund

below were my comments:







http://www.thetrentonline.com/amaechi-stole-n53-930bn-from-reserve-fund-rivers-probe-commission/


[b]While his contemporaries especially in the SS like Udaughan, Dickson etc were receiving allocation and destroying the entire thing every month, Amaechi chose to save a certain percentage and when income went down due to falling oil price, he cried to no one but his savings. Only a fool will expect Amaechi to save for the thug Wike to come and spend. Infact, Amaechi no try at all, he would have collected the entire savings to offset part of the debts of the state. When wike was leaving Obia akpor LGA, how much did the thug leave for his successor? Amaechi did no wrong here, only a fool will think otherwise. The truth is the bulk of the sums was paid for both recurrent and capital expenditures because income from jonah-daft run FG is running down due to their thievery at the center afterall, though oil price is still down yet Wike is receiving far more that what was given to amaechi.

Very shoddy job done by omereji. If a man was paid to do a job and he refused to do it, how does it concern Amaechi especially if no links is found between the man and Amaechi? is it not the job of wike to pick up the thief and prosecute?
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tayebest:
Ameachi remains innocent until claim guilty in the court of law!

Dazzol

alcmene:
The Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday submitted its report to the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, with an appeal to him to recover stolen funds belonging to the people, including the sum of N53 billion taken from the State Reserve Fund.

The commission was set up by Wike to investigate the sale of valued assets belonging to the state by the Rotimi Amaechi administration.

Chairman of the commission, Justice George Omereji, suggested that the state governor should swing into action and ensure that billions of Naira belonging to the state stashed away in some places were returned while those found culpable should be prosecuted.

Omereji, who spoke with newsmen after submitting the panel’s report, disclosed that investigation had revealed that the immediate past administration in the state had removed N53 billion from the N55 billion left in the State Reserve Fund between 2014 and May 2015.

He explained that the commission could not find any project linked to the withdrawal of the N53billion from the state reserve fund and added that the money was shared among cronies of the past administration.

Describing the task given to the panel as enormous, Omereji also disclosed that the immediate past administration could not actualise the building of the Justice Karibi Whyte Hospital, even when a huge amount of money had been paid to contractors for the project.

He said, “There was the sum of N55 billion in the State Reserve Fund. Between 2014 and May 2015, they (immediate past administration) were able to remove N53 billion and we found out that the money (N53 billion) was not used for the projects in the state. The money went to individuals. From the papers submitted to us, we also found out that the money was given to people they like.

“We went to the site of the Justice Karibi Whyte Hospital, we did not see anything at all. When I told the project contractor to come with us (panel) to the place, he said snakes would bite us.

“But I insisted that we should go there. Behold, by the time we went inside, we did not see anything. The whole billions of Naira given to the man cannot be accounted for. We have recommended that those found culpable should refund the money. We even recommended that some people should be prosecuted.

“I don’t want to tell you those that will be prosecuted. It is not good for me to reveal the content of the recommendations now because we have just submitted our report.”

Earlier, Omereji had informed the governor that 27 memoranda and 142 exhibits were received by the commission and added that 25 witness testified before the panel.

“We hope that the government will act fast and by the time the government looks into this report and act fast, it will be able to recover billions that are still stashed in where they kept them.

“That money belongs to Rivers people and they should be recovered so that we can use it for the people of Rivers State,” Omereji insisted.

He, however, thanked Wike for giving him and members of the panel the opportunity to serve the state, promising to be available to serve whenever the need arises.

Responding, the state governor vowed to implement the recommendations of the Omereji-led panel and maintained that his administration would not be intimidated by any person or group of persons.

http://www.punchng.com/news/amaechi-spent-n53bn-from-n55bn-reserve-fund-panel/

IbokUtoroh:

u dey call buhari fool or na my papa?

Fool, i knew u were empty before now. U just confirmed it.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Ameachi must return Rivers 53Billion

Charly68:
He was the one who initiated the idea of keeping a reserve for the state & when GEJ starved him of fund in under the guise of dwindling revenue he withdrew money from the state's reserve with the approval of the then house of Assembly ,in what way has he broken any law ? These people are just calling dog a bad name in order to kill it..in any case his role in bringing opposition party to the central can not be ignored ..to do so will give room for same wailing wailers opportunity to castigate Mr President ..claiming that he is a use & dump man. Ameachi for minister of Niger Delta ...

size40:
From which Reserve fund are they talking about? From the fund saved by Diette Spiff, Okilo, Ada George or Odili's govt or the fund saved by Amaechi's govt.

Ugik:
politics is a game of who gets what and how cos Amaechi is been indicted, APC folks here are screaming witch hunt while the pdp folks are having a funfilled day with the news. if it was dizeani, APC wouldn't have seen it as anything wrong. everyone here is been hypocritical with the truth and the truth remains that no matter how you tend to look at it, Amaechi cannot be exonerated from any of these allegations. anyone saying other wise is been a blind supporter and at the end, they only care about them selves

Bitterleafsoup:
Did he save it to spend on Buhari? You people are too much!

28octo:
The tone of the chairman is one of a biased mind. Such a person no matter how learned can never be objective with a report such as this. Am not a rivers person but there's something I know of Amechi, he is never a reckless person.