Return Looted Funds, Rivers PDP Tells Abe

The Chairman of Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)¸ Bro Felix Obuah, has advised that rather than tread the lonely path of self-adulation over the monumental fraud of abandoned contracts and embezzlement of the approved sums, Senator Magnus Abe, should be bold enough to admit his guilt and return the looted funds to state coffers.
Obuah, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam, noted with regret that the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for Rivers South-East, appears not to appreciate the change mantra of the APC, that fraudulent politicians should have a change of heart, return all stolen monies and turn a new leaf to help move the country forward.
According to Obuah, documents and evidence of volumes of state contracts awarded to Abe abound, showing that monies were fully paid to him while the projects were abandoned afterwards. Such contracts, he argued, ran ge from road projects to building of schools and other infrastructure. Though Magnus Abe is not alone in this timorous trade of defrauding his own people for self-aggrandizement, it is more honourable for them to return the embezzled sums to the state government or be prosecuted, Obuah warned.
“Magnus Abe should also hide his head in shame and apologize to Rivers people, the Ogoni people and his Gokana kinsmen for diverting and pocketing the huge sums of money meant for roads and renovation of schools, among other social amenities in Ogoni land. “It is common knowledge that this is the singular reason for his desperation for re-election into the National Assembly to serve as a cover even in the face of mass rejection by his people.
“Let it also be known to him that whether in or out of office, the best option is to return such monies for unexecuted projects to government coffers. Failure to do so is more dangerous as the arm of the law is long enough to catch up with him and his likes anywhere, anytime”, Obuah added.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana