Amaechi accuses Akpabio of taking Cross River oil wells

Former Rivers State governor and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of taking oil wells belonging to Cross River State throughout his tenure as governor of Akwa Ibom State.

Amaechi made the allegation at a city corridor assembly in Calabar, Cross River State.

The session was organised to mobilise voters forward of the 2027 basic elections.

The former minister of transportation mentioned he was not criticising Akpabio as a result of he belongs to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), however as a result of he believed the Senate president knew what had occurred to the oil wells.

“I am not calling Akpabio out because he is in the APC. I am calling him out because he knows that I know what he did. Tell him Amaechi says Akpabio knows what he did,” he mentioned.

He challenged Cross Riverians to demand a proof from Akpabio over the alleged switch of the state’s oil wells to Akwa Ibom.

Amaechi additionally alleged that Akpabio had tried to assert oil wells belonging to Rivers State however was challenged in court docket, the place, in keeping with him, Akwa Ibom misplaced the case.

On the non-extension of the railway line to Calabar throughout his tenure as transport minister, Amaechi mentioned there had been an settlement to assemble a coastal railway from Lagos to Calabar, with a spur to Obudu Cattle Ranch.

He put the estimated value of the mission at $11 billion however mentioned the federal government lacked the funds to execute it.

Amaechi questioned the choice of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to embark on a coastal highway mission estimated at $16 billion, arguing that the federal government ought to have fastidiously thought-about its priorities.