By Omeiza Ajayi
Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the Abuja property owned by former Peoples Democratic Party PDP Deputy National Chairman, Bode George, was acquired with funds traced to Rivers State.
Olayinka, in a statement on Thursday, said the minister stood by his earlier claim on the matter, stressing that the issue was never about who sold the property or the agent involved, but the source of the money used to acquire it.
“Wike was clear. He said Bode George’s Abuja house was acquired with funds from Rivers State, and he stands by this. Bode George said he bought the property from a private owner through an agent. That is not the issue. Wike’s statement was never about who the property was purchased from or through. Rather, what he said was that the money with which the property was acquired came from Rivers State, and this is the question Bode George must answer,” Olayinka said.
The presidential aide’s statement was a response to recent media appearances by the former military governor whom he accused of lacking the moral standing to lecture Nigerians on corruption.
