Rotimi Amaechi faces 96 billion naira probe as supreme court dismisses his appeal

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by minister of transportation Rotimi Amaechi seeking to stop his probe over an alleged 96 billion naira fraud.

In a lead judgment prepared by Justice Emmanuel Augie but read by Justice Adamu Jairo, the Apex Court dismissed the appeal of Mr Amaechi on grounds that the issue of not being given a fair hearing does not arise as no one is on trial.

The move by Rivers state government is to set a panel of enquiry into the alleged fraud.

Mr Amaechi had prayed the Apex court to prohibit governor Nyesom Wike from investigating his eight-year tenure as the executive governor of the state.

The former governor predicated his opposition to probe on the ground that it was aimed at witch-hunting him, embarrassing him, humiliating him, and to as well disgrace him in view of his political differences with his successor.