Amaechi suit over corruption allegation will expose him-----PDP

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(Nigeria) Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the threat by former Governor Rotimi Amaechi to sue over allegation of corruption against him as diversionary, adding the suit will expose the former governor.
PDP in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, said its attention had been drawn to media report over threat by Amaechi to have sued the party, its state Chairman, Felix Obuah and two others to court over allegations of corruption against him.
The State PDP described the litigation threat as diversionary in the light of shocking revelations, testimonies and discoveries of acts of lawlessness, fraudulent and injudicious spending of state resources by him while in office being witnessed before the Commission of Inquiry into the sale of valued assets of the ztate by his administration for which he was invited but he refused to appear to defend himself.
The party said "Not wishing to join issues with Amaechi until he makes real his boost by serving the processes of the said suit on the PDP and those he claimed he sued, the party would not be deterred by threats of litigation neither will it be intimidated by anybody, let alone Mr Amaechi that should be apologizing to the Rivers people for running the state aground for eight years."
It added that the intended law suit by Amaechi if true, will offer the party the opportunity to expose to the whole world the atrocities committed by the former governor, for them to adjudge whether Amaechi is corrupt or a saint as he is hoodwinking those who do not know him very well to believe.

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