Appeal Court Okays Probe Of Rotimi Amaechi

An Appeal Court in Port Harcourt has given the Rivers State Government the go ahead to probe Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi.

The investigation will be focused on the financial activities of the minister while he served as River State governor, Channels TV reports.

Amaechi had approached the Appeal court to challenge the decision of the high court in the State that declared that the Panel of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government in 2015 to investigate the sale of state assets was properly constituted and its findings in line with the law.

However, the court on Monday dismissed the suit filed by Amaechi against the Government of Rivers State, the chairman and members of the Panel of inquiry, and others to the effect that the panel did not give him fair hearing.

In an unanimous judgement, the three justices held that Amaechi denied himself fair hearing by refusing to appear before the panel.

The court also held that the former Governor did not show concrete evidence that the panel was biased.