Court docket points bench warrant in opposition to Amaechi and Tonye Cole

A bench warrant has been issued by a excessive courtroom in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, in opposition to former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi and Tonye Cole, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), within the state.

Justice Chinwendu Nwogu additionally issued a bench warrant in opposition to Sahara Vitality Assets Restricted, Chamberlain Peterside, NG powers HPS Restricted, and Cenpropsaroten Administration Restricted following a lawsuit filed by the Rivers state authorities for alleged misappropriation of public funds in opposition to Amaechi throughout his tenure as governor of the state from 2007 to 2015. 

Felony expenses had been filed after Governor Nyesom Wike constituted a seven-man panel in 2022 to probe Amaechi over an alleged withdrawal of N96 billion from the treasury throughout his tenure as governor. They investigated sale of beneficial property corresponding to Omoku Fuel Turbine, Afam Fuel Turbine, Trans Amadi Fuel Turbine, Eleme Fuel Turbine, Olympia Resort, and the contract award for the execution of the monorail challenge.

Although Amaechi has insisted that he’s not responsible of fraud, the supreme courtroom dismissed his utility difficult the probe.

The bench warrant was issued in opposition to the defendants for failing to seem earlier than the courtroom over the felony expenses in opposition to them.