BREAKING: Alleged N96b Fraud: Supreme Court Set To Deliver Judgment In Amaechi’s Appeal

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on a lawsuit filed by former Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, seeking to halt his investigation into suspected N96B fraud and illegal sales of the state’s valuable assets.

The make-or-break judgment would be given down this morning, according to a hearing notification obtained by DAILY POST from the Apex Court.

Amaechi, who is currently one of the leading presidential candidates on the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) platform, is fighting hard to prevent his successor, Nyesom Wike, from bringing him before an investigation panel to investigate his eight years in government.

The notice for Amaechi was presented to Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, who is leading a team of attorneys, while the notice for Rivers State was delivered to Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, who is representing Wike.

Amaechi, the former Minister of Transportation, is requesting that the Supreme Court prevent Governor Wike from proceeding with the 7-man Commission of Inquiry that has already been established.

After hearing arguments for and against the suit, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who chaired a seven-member panel of Justices, set today for the ruling.

Amaechi predicated his opposition to the probe on the ground that it was aimed at witch-hunting him, to embarrass him, humiliate him and to disgrace him, in view of his plotilical differences with his successor.

Wike, who constituted the 7-man probe panel to probe Amaechi, however, is asking the Supreme Court to dismiss Amaechi’s suit.

The Governor insisted that the the Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice George Omekeji was to look into how N96B was allegedly withdrawn from the treasury of the state government and how it was expended.

Wike also said that the Commission of Inquiry was to look into the lawful or otherwise sales of valuable assets of the State.

The listed valuable assets are Omoku Gas Turbine, Afam Gas Turbine, Trans Amadi Gas Turbine, Eleme Gas Turbine, Olympia Hotel and the award of contract for the execution of Mono Rail Project.

Amaechi’s suit at the High Court of Rivers State and Court of Appeal had earlier been dismissed, prompting his coming to Supreme Court for remedy.

At the time of this report, political associates, friends and sympathizers of the presidential aspirant have stormed the Supreme Court to know where the pendulum will swing to.