Amaechi looted $757 million from Rivers State coffers to fund Buhari's campaign

DGW) - The immediate past Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi stole $757 million, reliable  sources at the Government House  told our reporter in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, south-south Nigeria.

It would be recalled prior to the general elections in Nigeria, Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi had issues and a running battle  with the former Nigerian First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, that snowballed into a full-blown quarrel. This  precipitated a political crisis in the state that led to his defection from the then ruling Peoples' Democratic Party, (PDP).

Rotimi Amaechi, our source revealed, had no option but to align himself with those opposed to Dr. Jonathan presidency. His fear was that should Jonathan, by chance, be re-elected as president of Nigeria he would suffer a great persecution which, our sources say,  is unlike the courteous and gentlemanly  nature of the former Nigerian leader to seek revenge or respond to every injustice done to him.

Findings from our investigative reports revealed that Rotimi dug deep into Rivers State coffers and doled out piecemeal  a whopping $757 million   part of which was used to fund Buhari's campaign and every hue and cry that has been raised so far to have Rotimi Amaechi investigated in spite of the glaring evidence against him tendered by the Rivers State Government has fallen on deaf ears.

Our efforts to reach the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the (EFCC) Nigeria's anti-graft body did not yield any result as calls put through to their office for inquiry and clarification on this very sensitive matter were rebuffed in no uncertain terms.

Irked by this frustration at every turn to get Rotimi Amaechi refund this ill-gotten gains, some non-governmental organizations, (NGOs) have resolved to retain the services of foreign prosecutors by dragging Amaechi to the International Criminal Court, (ICC) or ECOWAS Court in the West African sub-region to prevail on him and his accomplices  to return the looted funds belonging to the people and government of Rivers State, DailyGlobeWatch was reliably told.

The country's president reluctance to probe and prosecute Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, our findings show, is not unconnected with the fact that the bulk of the money used for his presidential campaign that shot him to power with a slim margin was gotten from Rivers State while Mr. Rotimi Amaechi served as  governor.