SENATOR SEKIBO REVEALS PLOT AGAINST AMEACHI AS SCREENING BEGINS NEXT WEEK.

Senator George Sekibo (PDP) representing Rivers
East Senatorial District has thrown more light on
how his former political godfather, Rotimi Amaechi
would fail as the Senate begins screening of
ministerial nominees on Tuesday next week.
Speaking with journalists in his office, he
wondered why the former governor of Rivers State
should be among the ministerial nominees despite
allegations of misappropriation of funds to the
tune of N70 billion brought against him by a
group known as Integrity Group.
He said the petition, which was forwarded to the
Senate, was weighty enough to form Senate’s
decision against Amaechi, while assuring the
people of Rivers and Nigerians that Tuesday’s
screening of would-be Ministers will definitely be
tough for Amaechi.
“There was a petition written to EFCC, ICPC and
Presidency by a group known as Integrity Group,
committed to good governance and transparency,
which carried out a research on Rotimi Amaechi
administration.
“They discovered that about the sum of 70 billion
was misappropriated by him and he kept the
money in a foreign account”, Sekibo said.
According to him: “We learnt that the anti graft
agencies have commenced investigation into the
matter, but the Presidency may have not received
the petition, that is why his name reflected, but
now that the Senate has received the petition, I
have laid it on the floor; it has been referred to
public petition and I know the Committee will
come out with appropriate recommendations that
we will work with”, he said.
He stressed that there were credible Rivers
people in the ruling All Progressives Congress that
could serve as Ministers and reasoned that
Amaechi might interfere with investigations
against him when he becomes a minister.
He reminded Buhari that his anti-corruption
crusade was already a bond between him and
Nigerians, while opining that anything short of
that would be a day of judgment waiting for him.
“I want to say that if for any reason Ameachi sails
through and becomes a minister, we’ll wait for a
day of judgement that is coming”, he added.
Meanwhile, in what seems to be a landmine, the
Senate on Thursday insisted that each nominee
must have the support of two Senators from his
state.
All Senators from Rivers State are of the Peoples
Democratic Party, who are not likely to support
Amaechi.