Nobody can probe me —Amaechi

Former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi
Amaechi, says no anti-corruption agency in the country can
probe him.
The PUNCH had reported that Amaechi along with some
other former governors: Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano); Sullivan
Chime (Enugu); Babatunde Fashola (Lagos); Godswill
Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Shehu Shema
(Katsina) and Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State were being
probed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and related
offences Commission.
However, Chief Tony Okocha, a former aide to Amaechi,
told one of our correspondents that the ex-governor was
not afraid of ICPC or the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission as long as the probe was not a witch-hunt.
Okocha, however, recalled that the ICPC and the EFCC had
not vacated a court order stopping any of them from
investigating any Rivers Government official and as such
could not probe him.
He stated that Governor Nyesom Wike was a beneficiary of
such order from the court, adding that until the court
injunction was vacated, it would be illegal for the ICPC to
probe his boss.
“I have always said that Amaechi is not afraid of the EFCC
or the ICPC as long as such probe is not a witch-hunt.
Again, there is a court order that the EFCC or other agency
like it cannot probe any government official in the state.
Wike is a beneficiary of that court order.
“Until that court order is vacated, the ICPC or the EFCC
have no right to investigate Amaechi. Since what they are
going to investigate is his (Amaechi’s) activities while in
government, the EFCC and the ICPC do not have such right
to do so based on the standing court order.”
The Chief Press Secretary to Fashola, Mr. Hakeem Bello, did
not respond to the intended probe of his boss by the ICPC.
However, Fashola, while speaking at the 16th annual Bishop
Mike Okonkwo Lecture in Lagos, “I will not respond to
allegations of corruption on the pages of newspapers.”
Similarly, Shema, Kwankwaso and Lamido did not respond
to phone calls on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party has challenged the ICPC to explain to
Nigerians why it did not include former Governor Kayode
Fayemi among those it is currently probing.
According to the party, the anti-graft agencies have been
given more than enough petitions and facts to assist them
in getting to the root of the financial misconduct allegedly
perpetrated by Fayemi while in office.