Fresh criminal charges have been filed against former governor of Rivers state and Ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and the All Progressive Congress APC gubernatorial candidate of the state, Tonye Cole, by the state government.
According to reports by This day, the Rivers state attorney general, Zacchaeus Adangor, confirmed the lawsuit and accused Amaechi and Cole of selling off state assets for personal gains.
The lawsuit comes after the present governor of the state, Governor Nyesom Wike, constituted a seven-man panel to probe former governor Amaechi, over the alleged withdrawal of N96 billion from the state’s treasury during his tenure as governor from year 2007 to 2015.
The seven-man panel investigated issues surrounding the sale of Omoku Gas Turbine, Afam Gas Turbine, Trans Amadi Gas Turbine, Eleme Gas Turbine, Olympia Hotel, and the contract award for the execution of the Mono Rail Project.