I was offered N5bn to coordinate Fubara’s impeachment, says Edison Ehie

I was offered N5bn to coordinate Fubara’s impeachment, says Edison Ehie

Edison Ehie, the chief of staff to Siminalayi Fubara,
suspended governor of Rivers, has alleged that there were attempts to bribe him
with N5 billion to mastermind the impeachment of his principal.

 

Ehie spoke on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television.
Ehie, who was factional speaker of the Rivers assembly until January 2024,
added that he still has evidence of the bribe offer on his phone.

 

“I can also open my phone to show you, in the beginning of
October 2023, when they approached me with a bribe of N5 billion. It is here in
my phone,” he said.

 

“It was for impeachment. It’s here. I have it and I have
printed it and distributed it, incase in their evil imagination, they decide to
attack me. I already have a son and a brother.”

 

He said the offer was made during his stint as majority
leader of the Rivers house of assembly.

 

‘I’LL SUE NWAEKE FOR LIBEL’

Ehie also denied orchestrating the October 30, 2023 bombing
of the Rivers assembly complex on Fubara’s orders, as alleged by George Nwaeke,
ex-head of service in Rivers.

 

During a press conference last Friday, Nwaeke claimed that
the suspended governor directed Ehie to burn down the Rivers assembly complex.

 

Nwaeke alleged that he was at the government house “when a bag
of money was handed over to Edison for that operation, though I do not know the
amount inside”.

 

During the programme, the chief of staff dismissed the
allegation as false and politically motivated.

 

“It is very important to clarify that I was not, I had no
hand and was not part of the burning down of the Rivers state house of
assembly,” he said.

 

 

“Like everyone else, I woke up in the early hours of 30th of
October 2023 to hear of the burning down of the Rivers state house of assembly.

 

“I will not join issues completely with Mr George Nwaeke
because I have already instructed my lawyers to file an issue of criminal libel
against George Nwaeke and I hope he is very prepared to substantiate his claims
and his allegations.”

 

Ehie said he has evidence of Nwaeke seeking financial
assistance from him on the same day he resigned as head of service.

 

Rivers has been embroiled in political crisis since Fubara
fell out with Nyesom Wike, his predecessor and current minister of the federal
capital territory (FCT).

 

On March 18, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of
emergency in the oil-rich state and suspended the governor and his deputy.

 

On March 26, Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of the
state, suspended all political office holders in Rivers.

Source: I was offered N5bn to coordinate Fubara’s impeachment, says Edison Ehie

 - NigerianEye

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