A former majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has revealed how he was approached with ₦5 billion to facilitate the impeachment of the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has claimed that there was an attempt to bribe him with N5 billion to orchestrate the impeachment of his principal.
Ehie, who was the former majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, while speaking on a Channels Television programme, Sunday Politics said he still has the evidence of the offer on his phone.
Ehie disclosed that he has printed the evidence and shared it in case those who approached him with the bribe want to use it against him in the future.
He said, “I can also open my phone to show you, in the beginning of October 2023, when they approached me with a bribe of N5 billion. It is here in my phone.
“It was for impeachment. It’s here. I have it and I have printed it and distributed it, incase in their evil imagination, they decide to attack me. I already have a son and a brother.”
TheNewsGuru reports Ehie also refuted claims that he orchestrated the October 30, 2023, bombing of the Rivers Assembly complex on the orders of Governor Fubara.
The accusation was made by George Nwaeke, a former Head of Service in Rivers State, during a press conference on Friday, March 28.
Nwaeke alleged that he was present at the Government House when a bag of money was handed over to Ehie for the operation, though he could not confirm the amount inside.
In response, Ehie dismissed the allegations as baseless and politically motivated, insisting that they were part of an ongoing smear campaign against him and the governor.
“It is very important to clarify that I was not, I had no hand and was not part of the burning down of the Rivers state house of assembly,” he said.
“Like everyone else, I woke up in the early hours of 30th of October 2023 to hear of the burning down of the Rivers state house of assembly.
“I will not join issues completely with Mr George Nwaeke because I have already instructed my lawyers to file an issue of criminal libel against George Nwaeke and I hope he is very prepared to substantiate his claims and his allegations.”