Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Felix Obuah, has called for the prosecution of the state’s former governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi and others indicted in the report of Justice George Omereji-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry which looked into the alleged sale of the valued assets of the state.

He made this known in a statement signed by his media aide, Jerry Needam and made available in Port Harcourt, on Sunday.

The commission had found  Amaechi, some key members of his administration, some local government chairmen, as well as ex-military administrator of the state, Brigadier  Anthony Ukpo, culpable in the misappropriation of the state funds to the tune of over N97 billion.

However, his counterpart from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr David Ikanya, in another statement, took a divergent view, as he said Amaechi-led administration was the best in the state.

He urged the Senate to give the former governor a special consideration during the ministerial screening and allow him to just take a bow, due to his contribution to the development of the legislative arm of government.

The Rivers PDP chairman said he was alarmed at what he said were the startling revelations arising from the White Paper issued on the report and recommendations of the judicial commission.

However, the state APC chairman made a strong case for the former governor, saying he should be cleared by the Senate for a ministerial appointment under the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

According to him, Amaechi should be among the few who should be given special consideration by the Senate during the screening of ministerial nominees.

 He commended the upper legislative chamber for deciding to be thorough in the expected screening exercise, but appealed that the Senate should not totally discard the tradition of asking deserving nominees to take a bow and go.

Source: Tribune