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Governor Wike Fingered In Bribery Scandal by kingsman66(m): 3:20pm On May 19, 2016 |
Governor Nyesom Wike has been accused
of playing a role in a poll bribery scandal
-The Rivers state governor might soon be
invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC)
– Mr Samuel Johnson Okpoko has told the
EFCC that he collected some outrageous sum
from the governor
– The PDP scribe says the alleged crime for
which he has been charged, was under the
instruction of Wike
Sahara Reports informs that the detained
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) Samuel Johnson Okpoko told the EFCC
that he collected N700million poll bribery cash
from a nee generation bank in Nigeria, on the
instruction of Governor Wike.
Governor Nyesom Wike has been accused of
being involved in a poll bribery scandal.
While Okpoko will soon be charged to court,
the anti-graft agency might put the invitation of
the governor on hold because of constitutional
immunity.
The immunity, however, does not prevent the
EFCC from investigating the allegation against
the governor and keeping vital information for
his trial after his tenure.
Sources in the EFCC reveal that Okpoko
admitted that he collected the cash in two
tranches at Trans Amadi branch of the bank in
Port Harcourt. The source said: “Operatives of the EFCC, have grilled the Rivers State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Samuel Johnson Okpoko, for collecting N700million from the controversial $115milloon lodged with a new generation bank, by the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison- Madueke. “Okpoko, who was the Rivers state’s PDP campaign coordinator in the 2015 Presidential Election, collected the sum of N700 million in two tranches of N600 million and N100 million respectively. Investigations by the EFCC revealed that Okpoko cashed N600 million on March 27 and N100 million on March 31, 2015. “Explaining how he became involved, Okpoko said he was instructed by the then PDP governorship candidate, Nyesom Wike to go to the Bank to cash some money there.” The source quoted Okpoko as saying: “I was with my governor in his house sometimes 27th day of March 2015, when he got a call and Chief Barrister Nyesom Wike after the phone call told me that the call was from the bank and they have some money for him.” But Special Assistant to Governor Wike on electronic media Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu said: “We are not aware of what you talked about in your test message.” He said Okpoko was already in the custody of the EFCC and would be charged to court soon. Responding to a question, the source said: “Since the governor enjoys immunity by virtue of Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, we cannot invite Nyesom Wike now for interrogation on the allegation by Okpoko. “This, however, does not prevent the EFCC from probing issues connected with the payment of the N700million and asking for a refund from the beneficiaries.” Section 308 of the Constitution reads in part: “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Constitution but subject to subsection 2 of this section- (a) no civil or criminal proceedings shall be instituted or continued against a person to whom this section applies during his period of office; (b) a person to whom this section applies shall not be arrested or imprisoned during that period either on pursuance of the process of any court or otherwise; and (c ) no process of any court requiring or compelling the appearance of a person to whom this section applies, shall be applied for or issued.” Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers of being responsible for the spate of killings in the state. The APC claimed the killings were politically motivated and called on security agencies to look into them. Vanguard reports that this came after Governor Wike was quoted as saying the Peoples Democratic Party was poised to take over power in 2019. Mai Mala Buni who is the national secretary of the APC said in Abuja on Wednesday, May 11 that Wike’s comment was to shift attention from the atrocities he was committing in the state. Buni said: “The national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in reacting to the idle 2019 postulations of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, caution security agencies and Nigerians not to be hoodwinked by this latest ploy to deflect attention from the continued and increased spate of mass killings and violence in the state.”
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