Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s chief of staff, Edison Ehie, has claimed that he was promised ₦5 billion to help get his principal impeached.
Ehie asserted during an appearance on Sunday Politics on Channels Television that he had proof of the bribe offer
saved 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.
“It was for impeachment. It’s here. I have it, and I have printed it and distributed it, in case, in their evil imagination,
they decide to attack me. I already have a son and a brother,” he said.
According to Ehie, the purported offer was made when he was the majority leader of the House of Assembly in Rivers State.
He also denied allegations that, at Fubara’s direction, he planned the bombing of the Rivers State Assembly complex
on October 30, 2023.
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At a news conference last Friday, George Nwaeke, the state’s former Head of Service, made the accusation.
Although he acknowledged he was unsure of the precise amount, Nwaeke had claimed to have seen a bag of cash
being given to Ehie at Government House for the operation.
“It is very important to clarify that I had no hand and was not part of the burning down of the Rivers State House of
Assembly,” Ehie said, dismissing the charge as untrue and politically motivated.
“Like everyone else, I woke up in the early hours of the 30th of October 2023 to hear of the burning down of the Rivers
State House of Assembly.”
Ehie further revealed that he had instructed his legal team to file a lawsuit against Nwaeke for criminal libel.
“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 him, and I hope he is very prepared to substantiate his claims and his allegations,” he said.
He also alleged that Nwaeke had sought financial assistance from him on the same day he resigned as Head of Service.
