Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that Rivers people are resolved to resist individuals who have looted assets of the State from presiding over them as governor.
The resolve, Governor Wike pointed out, is predicated on the desire to safeguard the State from those who are only interested in looting the commonwealth of Rivers State people.
Governor Wike made the assertion on Thursday shortly after signing the contract for the construction of the eleventh (11th) and twelfth (12th) flyover bridges, and the dualisation of Azikiwe Street- Illoabuchi Road in Port Harcourt, between the State government and Julius Berger Nigeria PLC at Government House, Port Harcourt.
Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor , SAN; the Commissioner for Works, Dr. Dakorinama George-Kelly and permanent secretary Ministry of Works, Ebere Dennis-Emenike signed on behalf of the State government, while the the Managing Director, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, Dr. Lars Richter and Julius Berger Regional Manager, Juergen Fischer signed on behalf of the construction company.
The Rivers State governor said such looters are desperate to cover their track of crime and Rivers people would not allow such people who do not have the interest of the State to take over its affairs.
“This State must be guarded. We cannot allow people who don’t have the interest of this State to take over the affairs of this State. People who have looted the treasury of the State clearly.”
Governor Wike explained that genuine lovers of the State should be the ones presenting themselves to serve the State as governor not looters.
The governor pointed to former governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers governorship candidate, Tonye Cole as persons clearly identified to have looted the State.
“They can run helter-skelter to stop their arraignment, but they must be arraigned and tried. What Rivers people will hear, Rivers people will be shocked to know what the former governor of the State and Minister did in this s
