By Deborah Ogbonda.
Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged that he was offered N5 billion to accelerate the impeachment of his principal.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ehie claimed to have evidence of the bribe offer stored on his phone.
I can also open my phone to show you, at the beginning of October 2023, when they approached me with a bribe of N5 billion. It is here in my phone.
It was for impeachment. It’s here. I have it, and I have printed it and distributed it, in case, in their evil imagination, they decide to attack me. I already have a son and a brother,” he said.
Ehie stated that the alleged offer was made while he was serving as the majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
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Additionally, he refuted claims that he orchestrated the October 30, 2023, bombing of the Rivers State Assembly complex on Fubara’s orders.
The allegation was made by the former Head of Service in the state, George Nwaeke, during a press conference last Friday.
Nwaeke had claimed that he witnessed a bag of money being handed over to Ehie at the Government House for the operation, though he admitted he did not know the exact amount inside.
Dismissing the claim as untrue, Ehie cleared the air that he had no hand in the burning of the River State House of Assembly.
“Like everyone else, I woke up in the early hours of the 30th of October 2023 to hear of the burning down of the Rivers State House of Assembly.”
He said, “I will not join issues completely with Mr. George Nwaeke because I have already instructed my lawyers to file an issue of criminal libel against him, and I hope he is very prepared to substantiate his claims and his allegations.”
He also alleged that Nwaeke had sought financial assistance from him on the same day he resigned as Head of Service.
Rivers State has been involved in political conflict following Fubara’s fallout with his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
