Rivers State has finally slammed nine-count of stealing, cheating and conspiracy on former Governor Rotimi Amaechi in an audacious move to begin the prosecution of the immediate Minister of Transport.
In a suit marked PHC/1818/CR/2022, filed on June 7, the State also listed the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Cole, Dr. Chamberlain Peterside, Sir. Augustine Wokocha, Sahara Energy Resources Limited, NG Power-HpS Limited and Cenpropsaroten Management Limited as Amaechi’s co-defendants.
The Amaechi and co-defendants’ offences were contained in charge sheet, a copy of which was obtained by the Nation in Port Harcourt.
In the statement of offence count one the State said Amaechi and his co-defendants “sometime between 2011 and 2012 at Port Harcourt within the Port Harcourt Division of the High Court of Rivers State did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to stealing the sum of $274,563,599.59USD”.
The document said the money was a proceed from the sale of 70 per cent equity held by the Rivers State Government in the power generation asset at Omoku Gas Turbine, Eleme Gas Turbine and Afam Gas Turbine Phase 1 to NG Powers-HPS Limited.
In count two, the state alleged that Amaechi and his co-defendants within the same period “stole the same amount of money being proceeds from the sale of 70 per cent equity belonging to her in the power generation assets at Omoku, Trans-Amadi, Eleme and Afam Gas turbines.
The state in count three said Sahara Energy Resources Limited, NG-Powers-HPS Limited within the same period with intent to cheat agreed to purchase from Rivers Government 70 per cent equity held by the state in the power generation assets in the four turbines in the sum of $302,960,000USD.
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