Rivers PDP alleges massive looting of govt property ahead of Amaechi’s handover on May 29

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has alleged that the aides of Governor Rotimi Amaechi have begun massive looting of government property ahead of the May 29 handover date.This allegation was contained in a statement issued on behalf of the state Chairman of the party, Felix Obuah, by his media aide, Jerry Needam.The PDP also alleged that government property were being sold to close friends, political allies and family members of Amaechi.“PDP describes as frightening illegal employment in Rivers State Polytechnic Bori, where about 500 people have been secretly employed without due
process,” the statement said.

“Information available to us reveal that some of the government property being stolen and vandalised are mainly the unregistered brand new cars assigned to different departments of government.“Some equipment for the monorail, government farms, schools, hospitals, government-owned media houses, etc have also been stolen and vandalised,” it added.The PDP urged the people of the state to note that government was a continuum and that was being taken away was the wealth of the state.