Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has described recent comments on government expenditure in the state by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Chief Nyesom Wike, as bogus lies, falsification of figures and clear case of ‘tales by moonlight.’

Wike had, during the Rivers State PDP governorship campaign rally in Port Harcourt Local Government Area on Tuesday, accused Amaechi of running the most corrupt regime in the country, alleging that the governor between January and November 2014 squandered over N298 billion that accrued to the state from the Federation Accounts and loans obtained from various commercial banks.
Wike further alleged that between December 2014 and January 2015, Amaechi, through the Government House and the Office of the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, expended N11 billion, believed to have been channelled into the Buhari Campaign Organisation.

But reacting to the allegations through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, Amaechi said Wike’s verbal attack were outright lies being spewed to deceive the public and a failed attempt to tarnish his (Amaechi’s) image.
“But he should know by now that the people are not gullible and know that Wike is rather an embodiment of corruption and everything that is wrong with our country,” he said.

The statement said: “That Governor Amaechi runs a transparent, accountable administration has never been in doubt. Everything about the income and expenditures of this government is in the public domain and has never been shrouded in secrecy. So, Wike’s ignominious attempt to dish out cooked figures will never fly.”

He added: “Wike’s plan to return Rivers State to the pre-2007 era of insecurity, incessant crime, thuggery and street cultism will fail woefully, because Rivers people will never accept a man like that.”

“Wike’s constant derailing from an issues-based campaign to falsely accusing governor Amaechi of corruption will never fly. Anybody that has followed the Amaechi administration from its inception will agree that transparency and accountability has been its watchword.

“Thus, Wike should be advised to focus on rescuing his failed campaign because pointing accusing fingers at Amaechi (who’s not a candidate at the polls) will not win him the elections.”

The statement further urged Rivers people to disregard Wike, the PDP and its antics of fraudulent, concocted “tales by moonlight,” against Amaechi.