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General News of Monday, 10 February 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Femi Fani-Kayode responds as Amaechi alleges that he embezzled N2 billion

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Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to an allegation by Rotimi Amaechi that he embezzled N2 billion when he was the Minister of Aviation.

Amaechi who is the Minister of Transportation made this known in an interview done with Channels TV in 2017.

During the interview, he revealed that the N2 billion was given to Femi Fani-Kayode to fix the deplorable state of the Airport runway in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government.

Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State said: "Those who shared in the corruption are busy dancing about it. Fani-Kayode, when he was Minister of Aviation, Dr. Peter Odili’s government gave him N2 billion to fix the runway.

"It’s not there in the records of Aviation. I’m the minister of Transportation, I have that record. It’s not there.

"He went away with the N2 billion. These are statements of fact.

"The runway was closed for two years and Fani-Kayode left with the money. Is that the kind of character I will speak to? We are not on the same level.

Femi Fani-Kayode has now reacted to the allegation after the video went viral over the weekend with many publications claiming the interview was recently done.

In a series of tweets, he wrote: "The runway at Port Harcourt Int. Airport was re-built & fully paid for by me when I was Min. of Aviation. If anyone has any doubts about that they should ask Julius Berger who were the contractors. The runway was commissioned & airport opened shortly after we left office.

"Those who falsely asserted on @channelstv two years ago that I did not build the runway and that I ran away with the 3 billion naira that was used to build it are sick. We settled that matter in a debate on @channelstv two years ago.