It is no longer news that the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by ex-Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, seeking to stop his probe over an alleged N96 billion fraud.
Justice Adamu Jauro who led the seven member panel of justices while delivering judgment, dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit. The apex court affirmed the judgment of the High Court of Rivers and that of the Court of Appeal, which had earlier dismissed same suit for want of substance and merit.
With the development, the former Rivers State governor can be brought to face a probe panel planned for him by his successor and arch rival, Governor Nyesom Wike.
And that is what friends and allies of Amaechi, who is currently seeking the presidential ticket of the ruling APC, fear as we speak. “God forbid Amechi should be at the mercy of Wike. He will go for the kill,” a former Commissioner in the state said on Friday.
The ex-minister had approached the Supreme Court praying for an order of the court to prohibit Wike from investigating his eight-year tenure as governor of Rivers.
He had argued that the probe was aimed at witch-hunting, embarrassing, humiliating; and disgracing him in view of his political differences with his successor. But Wike persisted in his determination to bring his predecessor to answer questions about his time in office. Now, he has what he wanted.
Now that he has Amaechi where he wanted him all along, what will he do with him? Only Wike and time will tell.
