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Rivers Rerun: Balance Of N360m Bribe Blown On Cars, Houses —police by gebest: 6:34am On Feb 18, 2017 |
There is the balance of the N360m alleged
bribe which the police accused Governor
Nyesom Wike of Rivers State of dishing out to
election umpires in the run up to the
December 10 re-run legislative polls?
The police said last week that they had
recovered N111.3million of the sum from 23
officials of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) saddled with conducting
the elections.
They did not say at the time what became of
the remaining N248m.
The Chairman of the panel, Damian Okoro, a
Deputy Commissioner of Police, alleged that
three senior electoral officers collected N20
million each of the N360 million while the
remaining officers received N15 million each.
However, The Nation can now report that the
police believe the balance was squandered on
choice cars ,houses and other assets by the
‘bribe’ recipients.
A source knowledgeable about the report of
the 15-man panel set up by Police Inspector
General, Ibrahim Idris, to probe the
circumstances surrounding the election said
the suspects embarked on a spending spree
with their share.
The source who pleaded not to be named
said: “The panel discovered that some of them
(suspects) bought houses, cars and even
renovated their existing houses with the
money.
“The panel also discovered that some gave
out money to their relatives while some others
invested. Several cars were recovered and they
would be tendered during prosecution in
court.”
Governor Wike had dismissed the police report
as lacking substance.
His Special Assistant on Electronic Media,
Simeon Nwakaudu, said: “The statement (by
the police) is patently false, politically
motivated and cooked by the police to justify
the violence they visited in the people of
Rivers State during the re-run.
”For the avoidance of doubt, the Rivers State
Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike did not spend
N360 million to rig the re-run legislative
elections of December 10, 2016.
“The people of Rivers State overwhelmingly
voted the PDP across the state because of the
outstanding performance of Governor Wike
since May 29, 2015.”
Speaking further on the police findings
yesterday, the source said: “In the audio tape
that went viral, the governor was mentioning
8,8,7, and what he was referring to was the
officials of INEC. He gave the leaders of the
INEC officials from the three states,
N20million each.”
He added: “As mentioned by the IG, the report
will be sent to the Attorney General of the
Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN)
who will now go through it and necessary
action will be taken against those indicted. He
is the Chief Law of the Federation.”
Asked to respond to the allegation by the
Rivers State government that the panel report
was made up, the source said: “Where did the
police get the huge amount of money
displayed from? “Those cars and houses
recovered, where did the panel get them
from? Is it police money or something?
“23 people have been arrested and they all
confessed. It was through them that the
money was recovered. It was through them
that the cars were also recovered. The 23
people arrested, the panel has their video
confessions and they all wrote their official
statements with their own hands.
“They are all educated people and they used
their own handwriting to write their confession
and they also spoke on video. They video will
be provided during prosecution.
“All documents are available on how they were
summoned to the Government House, how
they were given the money inside Government
House and how vehicles were brought to them
to move the Ghana Must Go bags, and how
they were moved to their hotels. Everything
was confessed to on video.
“This is not a political issue. This is a case
where money that was supposed to be used
to build schools, hospitals, roads and others
social amenities was squandered. So, whoever
does wrong will be made to carry his or her
cross irrespective of political affiliation.
“So, that is the true position of everything.
Everything is there and all the people that the
money was recovered from are alive, they
confessed both in writing and on video.” |
Re: Rivers Rerun: Balance Of N360m Bribe Blown On Cars, Houses —police by SamuelAnyawu(m): 6:35am On Feb 18, 2017 |
Re: Rivers Rerun: Balance Of N360m Bribe Blown On Cars, Houses —police by krasican(m): 7:06am On Feb 18, 2017 |
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Re: Rivers Rerun: Balance Of N360m Bribe Blown On Cars, Houses —police by Chuksonyeike: 7:20am On Feb 18, 2017 |
You people expect me to believe this BS? Wike did indeed bribe people and the bribes was in billions of naira not even the hundred of millions but contrary to the lies told by the police the bribes were offered to the Masses in terms of massive road infrastructure and other projects for the masses. No matter how Tinubu's newspaper wants to blow this lie,it won't stick cos obviously no one is buying |
Re: Rivers Rerun: Balance Of N360m Bribe Blown On Cars, Houses —police by Chuksonyeike: 7:23am On Feb 18, 2017 |
What we have on video is SARS commander Akin Fakorede beating up INEC officials to work ,coercing them to work for the APC, curiously, he was never mentioned by the kangaroo panel 1 Like |
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