Edison Ehie has said he was offered a N5 billion bribe to mastermind the impeachment of Siminalayi Fubara, suspended Governor of Rivers state.
The suspended Governor’s chief of staff made the allegation while speaking on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television.
Ehie added that he still has evidence of the bribe offer on his phone.
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.”
He said the offer was made during his stint as majority leader of Rivers house of assembly.
Ehie, who previously served as the Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, also denied allegations that he orchestrated the October 30, 2023, bombing of the assembly complex on Fubara’s orders.
Former Rivers Head of Service, George Nwaeke, had accused Ehie of receiving a bag of money at the Government House to carry out the attack. However, Ehie dismissed the accusationn as false s d politically motivated.
Ehie said. “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.”
“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.”
