Wike squandered N120bn in 100 days, says APC

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Nyesom Wike, governor of the state, of squandering more than N120 billion in his first 100 days in office.

In a statement released on Monday by Davies Ikanya, state chairman of the party, APC said that Wike had wasted this period by merely engaging in falsehood and propaganda.

It alleged that the “squandered” money includes N30 billion borrowed by the governor shortly after assuming office, N10 billion left by the Rotimi Amaechi administration and over N80 billion accruing to the state from internally generated revenue and the federation Account.

“Chief Wike represents everything that should not be found anywhere near the corridors of power. He personifies inaction, profligacy, corruption, maladministration and vendetta,” read Ikanya’s statement.

“Wike has not initiated any meaningful project in Rivers state since he forcibly assumed office on May 29th through the blood of Rivers people and in connivance with the corrupt and demented State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dame Gesila Khan.

“Apart from setting up the vindictive Judicial Commission of Inquiry and awarding contracts to his companies for the filling of potholes in Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor local government areas, Chief Wike cannot justify the expenditure of the N30 billion he borrowed plus the N10 billion left by the administration of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi and over N80 billion that has accrued to the State through Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and from the Federation Account.”

The statement further accused Wike of appropriating roads constructed by Amaechi, noting that no quality road could be constructed within six months let alone 100 days.

It alleged that the governor sponsored a media war aimed at “disparaging and decimating Amaechi’s character” as well as visiting various churches to pray for forgiveness for “the 100 people he killed in the state” in order to assume office.

“Wike can only boast of increase of insecurity, kidnapping, robbery and other criminal activities associated with a visionless administration,” it said.

“Today, all the initiatives of the Amaechi administration to curb insecurity in Rivers State have been annulled by Wike and his cohorts.

“The result is that Rivers residents now sleep with two eyes open as kidnapping, such as the case of Vanguard Columnist Donu Kogbara is now the order of the day.”

APC berated Wike for failing to declare his assets, saying: “We are, however, not surprised about his reluctance to make his assets public because he knows that if he does so, Rivers people and the entire world would be shocked to know that half of the property in Port Harcourt is owed by Chief Wike and his acolytes due to his greed and insatiable crave for wealth.

“Instead of constituting a cabinet, Wike prefers to run the state from his bedroom in collaboration with former first lady, Patience Jonathan, and other war lords that installed him as the Rivers State Governor.”