Missing $4.6m | APC calls for Probe of Governor Dickson

 

The opposition All Progressives Con­gress (APC) in Bayelsa State has chal­lenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Com­mission (EFCC) to wade into the allegation that an Accountant attached to the state Government House, Richard Etonye, bolted away with the sum of $4.6million cash.

 

In a statement issued by the state Publicity Sec­retary of the party, For­tune Panebi, berated the governor over his silence on the matter and described Dickson’s action as an admittance that something had gone wrong within his inner circle.

“The story about the allegedly stolen cash of $4.6m is shocking. This development assaults the collective psyche of the people of Bayelsa State, especially at a time Gov­ernor Dickson has decid­ed to impoverish workers by deliberately suffocat­ing them through non-payment of their rightful wages.

“We had waited in total disbelief that such an act could be brazenly perpe­trated by the governor. We had asked where and how possible it was for him to keep such a huge cash in dollars. But Gov­ernor Dickson’s response to the breaking news about the stolen sum on Friday clearly betrayed him that he is indeed the leader of a financial scav­engers’ ring.