he stopped the Federal Government from transferring N12billion meant
for his state to Abia state after he approached a Federal High Court
in Abuja two weeks ago, Leadership reports.
President Jonathan and Governor Amaechi when the going was good
Amaechi made the disclosure at the gubernatorial primaries of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) where the delegates of the party in the
state ratified the endorsement of a member of the House of
Representatives, Hon. Dakuku Peterside as the party's consensus
governorship candidate for the 2015 general elections.
He said: "I went to court two weeks ago to stop the federal government
from taking our N12 billion to Abia State. If I didn't do that, they
(federal government) would have taken our money to Abia State."
However, Amaechi didn't give further information on what the money was
for or why the money was being transferred to Abia state.
The governor promised to renovate the damaged stalls of the popular
Mile 1 market in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, which was destroyed by
fire,as well as compensate traders that lost their goods.
He told the delegates that the choice of Peterside, was not his, but
that of the APC caucus in the Rivers South-East senatorial district of
the state.
Hon. Peterside represents Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro federal constituency in
the federal House of Representatives.He is also the Chairman, House
Committee on Petroleum Resources.
Amaechi has been tipped to be named the director general of Muhammad
Buhari's presidential campaignif Buhari gets the presidential flag
bearer of the APC on December 8th.
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