Wike obtained RSHA approval to borrow N10bn at night – APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State on Wednesday alleged that the state governor, Nyesom Wike met and illegally obtained ‘approval’ of the Rivers State House of Assembly in the wee hours of the morning.

Making this claim in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Finebone, the party quoted a source who said, “Gov. Nyesom Wike met with his cohorts by 5 am at the Government House, Port Harcourt where he briefed them on the need to keep away this loan from the prying eyes of Rivers People, after which they moved to the Rivers State House of Assembly [RSHA] Complex to meet with the state assembly men. By 6 am, the House members, who were previously notified of the unusual meeting, privately passed a resolution authorising the governor to borrow the sum of N10bn from a commercial bank [name with held]. A second resolution authorizing another N22b was also considered.”

The Rivers APC continued that Governor Wike “had a day earlier forged a state executive decision empowering him to embark on securing the illegal loan. The phantom State Executive Council decision was signed by Kenneth Kobani and dated 10th November 2015.

“It is pertinent to re-state that it is public knowledge that there is no legally constituted State Cabinet in place in Rivers State and the government has so confessed and agreed in writing elsewhere,” the statement warned.

“We are also aware that there was no proper and public sitting by the Rivers State House of Assembly where such a resolution was passed. There is no record of the Public Gallery of the hallowed chambers of the House opened to the public to witness the discussion and passing of the said resolution,” the party further noted.

The statement urged the Governor “to retrace his errant steps quickly on the matter or be caught in the web of illegality which his action has created and urged commercial banks to desist from being forced to become accessories to criminal actions of Gov. Nyesom Wike and his co-travelers who already know that they are living on borrowed times.”

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