{"id":240753,"date":"2023-01-11T05:27:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T04:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=240753"},"modified":"2023-01-11T05:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T04:27:39","slug":"rivers-files-new-criminal-charge-against-amaechi-tonye-cole-over-n96bn-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/11\/rivers-files-new-criminal-charge-against-amaechi-tonye-cole-over-n96bn-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers files new criminal charge against Amaechi, Tonye Cole over \u2018N96bn fraud\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rivers government says it has filed a fresh criminal charge against Rotimi Amaechi, a former governor of the state and ex-minister of transportation<\/p>\n<p>The state government is suing Amaechi alongside Tonye Cole, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, for allegedly selling off state assets, according to ThisDay <\/p>\n<p>Zacchaeus Adangor, Rivers attorney-general, confirmed the development.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/07\/wike-advises-nddc-board-on-who-to-award-contracts-to\/\">Nyesom Wike<\/a>, Rivers governor, had constituted a seven-man panel to probe Amaechi over the alleged withdrawal of N96 billion from the state\u2019s treasury during the latter\u2019s tenure as governor.<\/p>\n<p>The panel had also investigated issues surrounding the \u201csale of assets\u201d by the former governor.<\/p>\n<p>The listed assets are Omoku Gas Turbine, Afam Gas Turbine, Trans Amadi Gas Turbine, Eleme Gas Turbine, Olympia Hotel, and the contract award for the execution of the Mono Rail Project.<\/p>\n<p>The panel submitted its report in 2015, but Amaechi has since insisted that he is not guilty of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>However, on May 27, 2022, the supreme court dismissed an application by Amaechi challenging the probe.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the Rivers governor directed the 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