Amaechi Charged PDP n Chairman To Court Over Defamation Of Character

Former Rivers State governor Mr Rotimi Amaechi, charged Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its chairman in Rivers State, Felix Obuah, and two others, before an High Court in Abuja.

The charges were over false allegations of ownership of foreign accounts and funds embezzlement against him.

He is seeking N300, 000, 000, 000.00 for general damages done to him over defamation of his character, reputation and person by the plaintiffs.

It will be recalled that in a press statement, the PDP in Rivers State, on August 6 and August 21, 2015, alleged that Amaechi stole $757 million or N80 Billion of Rivers State public funds and stashed same away in an account in his name in Bancorp Bank in Minnesota, United States of America.

The PDP also alleged that Amaechi had embezzled millions of dollars of Rivers State money and stashed same in other foreign accounts in his name, including a bank in Switzerland.

In his statement of claims in the suit, Amaechi averred that he did not steal $757 million or N80 Billion of Rivers State public funds and did not stash same away in Bancorp Bank in Minnesota, United States of America, neither did he stash away any state public funds in Switzerland.

The former governor noted that the Bancorp Bank in Minnesota, did not at any time reveal that he embezzled or misappropriated or connived in the embezzlement and misappropriation of money meant for Rivers State people in the sum of $757 million stashed away in his name with the bank.