Governor Wike goes spiritual over $43m recovered by EFCC in Lagos, asks church and Christians to commence prayers

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– Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers insisted that the money recently recovered in Lagos belongs to his state

– The governor also maintained that Rotimi Amaechi sponsored a major part of Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign in 2015

– Read what vice president of NBA, Monday Ubani, says about the recovered fund and his questions to government

In a move to ensure that the federal government returns the $43 million found in a luxury apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos state to Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Easter Sunday took the matter to God, asking resident Christians to aggressively intercede in prayers.

ZENITHBLOG.com reports that Wike took this decision days after he warned that he could take legal actions against the federal government if the $43 million recovered recently was not returned.

Wike believes the recovered fund was part of the money looted by former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, now the minister of Transport under President Muhammadu Buhari.

Wike accused Amaechi of bankrolling the election of President Buhari

Speaking during Easter church service at Saint Peter’s Anglican Church in Rumuepirikom, Governor Wike said that Christians have a responsibility to pray that God touches the federal government of Nigeria to return the money to the coffers of Rivers, because the money belongs to the state government.

“We need the prayer of the church because there is nothing that prayer cannot do.

“Pray that God should touch the government of Nigeria, so that they will return the money to us. What we are interested is for the money to come back to us,” Wike said in a statement obtained by ZENITHBLOG.com.

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In the statement released by Simeon Nwakaudu, the governors special assistant on electronic media, Wike stated that contrary to the false propaganda being peddled by the embattled Amaechi, he (the governor) has not declared war on the federal government, but that the Rivers state government was simply requesting the return of funds belonging to the state.

“I cannot declare war on the federal government. Anybody

bringing Buhari’s name, should leave Buhari and face his own problems.

“The issue is who kept the money at the Ikoyi Residence. The money was kept there by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

“No amount of blackmail, no amount of distraction will stop us from getting our money,” the governor said adding that between 70 and 80 percent of the members of the All Progressives Congress campaigns in 2015 were sponsored using funds sourced by the Rivers state government under the leadership of Rotimi Amaechi.

Wike and his wife at the church service

Speaking further, Wike said that the idea of the selective war on corruption will not help development in the country.

He wondered why security intelligence works on opponents of the federal government, but when glaring corruption issues pop up like the Ikoyi case where billions of dollars belonging to the state have been found, the war on corruption is suspended and diversionary tactics adopted.

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The vicar of Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Rumuepirikom, Venerable Israel Omosioni, prayed to God to grant the request of Rivers people for the Ikoyi billions to be returned.

He said with the execution of projects across the state by Governor Wike, additional funds would assist him to achieve more for the people of the state.

The church resolved to start the prayers, which would be sustained till the funds are returned.

Watch this video as Amaechi speaks on his duties as minister of Transport:

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