Rivers State Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike has said that his administration will recover all funds allegedly stolen by the outgoing administration of Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Wike while receiving the interim report of the Transition Committee in Port Harcourt said he will audit all government accounts.
Wike added that those who participated in the use of N4.5bn to conduct a local government election by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, even when the court had stopped the exercise will account for their actions.
He said “I am not going to be intimidated. The only way we can work together is to check the ills of the past. The right thing must be done. Those who have stolen the resources of the state must be made to account for them.
“I have the political will to drive the process to its logical conclusion. The massive stealing of government resources was a deliberate attempt to create problems for the incoming administration.
All the top officials of Amaechi administration who have refused to cooperate in the interest of Rivers State during the transition period will soon cooperate whether they like it or not.
“Those who have closed the courts will be the same persons rushing to the courts when we open the courts.”
The Chairman of the Transition Committee and state Deputy Governor, Mr. Tele Ikuru, also recommended that the incoming administration carry out a forensic audit of all accounts to discover alleged looting of funds by officials of the outgoing administration.