APC defends Amaechi on corruption

                                                                  
                                                                
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has declared the immediate past governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, clean and untainted by corruption.

The Chairman of the party, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, made this declaration in Port Harcourt, in reaction to a documentary run by one of Nigeria’s television outfits on the former Governor Amaechi. 
 Dr. Ikanya in the statement containing the APC’s position on the probe of Amaechi’s administration, urged the President of the country, Muhammadu Buhari, to disregard what he described as the desperate attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) government in the state, under Chief Nyesom Wike, to tarnish the former governor’s image.
Dr. Ikanya said: “We make bold to say that if there is any clean and spotless former governor in Nigeria, that person is Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, CON. Anybody who knows Amaechi well enough would readily testify that he is an honest, sincere and courageous gentleman, a first-class patriot who is ever ready to go the extra mile to see that Nigeria becomes a better place for the present and future
generations.” 

He expressed confidence that “just as the blackmail against Buhari then was ignored by Nigerians, who massively voted for him, so, too, would the President, having himself been a victim of PDP and AIT’s documentary terrorism would also discountenance the dirt PDP and AIT are trying so hard to pour on Amaechi and accord him his right of place in the new Nigeria he staked everything,including his life, to achieve.”
The APC Chairman said that he was happy that Amaechi had through both the immediate past secretary to the Rivers State Government, George Feyi, and the Commissioner for finance, Dr. Chamberlain Peterside, and others denied any form of corruption against him.
 Dr. Ikanya reminded President Buhari of his statement during his visit to Rivers State on November 5, 2013,when he described Amaechi as a hero and a great leader and recalled Buhari as
saying: “PDP decided to target some governors that are progressives and we feel will make a difference. We seek your support through Amaechi. I lived in Port Harcourt during my military career. I was a staff officer to Gen. Danjuma in 1973. Rivers State has produced great men such as professor Tam David West.2015 will be another watershed in Nigeria. Amaechi is a great leader. We decided to come together to save Nigeria from misgovernance.”
 Meanwhile the judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor Nyesom Wike to investigate the former governor, has rounded up its sittings.
The legal representative of the commission, Zacheus Adangor, said at the end of the sittings that the commission complied with the principle of fair hearing.  Adangor said that the commission provided equal platform and opportunity for everyone summoned to defend themselves in the investigations, adding that anyone who did not avail themselves of the opportunity would have themselves to blame.