Chairman of the Rivers State Commission of Inquiry probing alleged sale of valued assets of the state and other related matters, Justice George Omereji, was on Wednesday told to also summon Governor Nyesom Wike and the former deputy governor of the state, Tele Ikuru to answer questions on the monorail project.
Fred Azunba in a statement, in Port Harcourt, said he was aware that Governor Wike and the former deputy governor, Ikuru were part of the administration of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi when the project was conceived, adding that it will be fair for the sake of transparency to extend invitations to them.
Azunba who alleged that the former deputy governor, Ikuru also sat on a committee during discussions with TSI over the monorail project, said that their invitation to appear before the commission was necessary.
“At every stage of the Monorail, the project had been transparent. The former deputy governor, Ikuru also sat on a committee to direct the discussions with TSI. The records are there. Even Wike should be invited,” he said.
He advised the commission to engage experts and auditors to critically look at what the former government had done on the monorail project, saying that the commission lacked the technical expertise to properly assess the project.
“The Monorail is not law, it is a specialised aspect of engineering. It is expected that, those asking if the Monorail was built in line with international best practices, must first of all, understand the benchmark of international best practices. You cannot understand it, if you are not an engineer.”
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