$43m Ikoyi Loot Belongs To Rivers State, Wike Insists

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that he is willing to use every means to recover to recover the $43m recently discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from a building in Ikoyi, ‎Lagos.

Wike who said this while speaking on Channels TV Sun Rise Daily, insisted that the said amount belongs to Rivers state as it was part of loot stashed by the former Governor Rotimi Amaechi who is now the Minister of Transportation.

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According to Wike, he is currently working with some lawyers to make sure the money is recovered.

“The issue is who kept the money at the Ikoyi residence. The money was kept there by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi”, he alleged.

When asked why the FG has not released the money to him, Wike said, “You and I know these people will never agree that the money belongs to Rivers, even when they know the bitter truth.

“They want it in a hard way and we are ready to use every means to recover that money.

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“Is it not embarrassing that the EFCC has not come out to tell us who owns the money? Everybody knows the money belongs to Rivers but they don’t want to release it.

“No amount of intimidation will stop us from recovering that money that Amaechi and co stole. We have all the evidence and we will present them at the right time.”

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