Governor Ameachi Opens Up On Private Jet Saga

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday opened up of the controversy surrounding his government purchase of a private jet. He said contrary to false reports, the state government’s private jet costs $45m (N7.1bn) and not $57 (N9bn).
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Amaechi described the allegations that he inflated the cost of the jet by $10m as unfounded and a figment of the imagination of those spreading such false information.

The governor said this through his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, in an interview with Punch in Port Harcourt.

According to him, the allegations were targeted at distracting the state government from its responsibility:

“The state government has never announced that the aircraft was purchased for $57m. That statement did not come from us. The aircraft was bought for US$45m. We see all these as a distraction.”