Edison Ehie reveals how he was offered N5bn to coordinate Fubara’s impeachment

• Rivers situation took a caller magnitude arsenic Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, claimed helium was offered N5 cardinal to orchestrate the governor’s impeachment
• Ehie, who disclosed this successful a trending interview, revealed that helium has factual grounds of the bribery effort stored connected his phone
• He further reacted to the allegations linking Governor Fubara to governmental unrest successful Rivers made by the erstwhile Head of Service, George Nwaeke

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

Port Harcourt, Rivers state - Edison Ehie, the main of unit to Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended politician of Rivers, has alleged that determination were attempts to bribe him with N5 cardinal to mastermind the impeachment of his principal.

Edison Ehie reveals however helium was offered N5bn bribe to coordinate Fubara's impeachment. Photo credit: Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Edison Ehie
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Ehie made this revelation connected ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme connected Channels Television aired connected March 30, 2025.

Ehie, who was factional talker of the Rivers assembly until January 2024, added that helium inactive has grounds of the bribe connection connected his phone.

“I tin besides unfastened my telephone to amusement you, successful the opening of October 2023, erstwhile they approached maine with a bribe of N5 billion. It is present successful my phone,” helium said.“It was for impeachment. It’s here. I person it and I person printed it and distributed it, incase successful their evil imagination, they determine to onslaught me. I already person a lad and a brother.”

As reported by The Cable, helium added that the connection was made during his stint arsenic bulk person of the Rivers location of assembly.

‘I’ll writer Nwaeke for libel’

Legit.ng reported that erstwhile Head of Service George Nwaeke, accused Governor Fubara of being down the governmental situation successful the state, gathering with militants to weaponry pipelines, and orchestrating the demolition of the authorities House of Assembly analyzable successful 2023.

Reacting, Fubara claimed that Nwaeke was either paid oregon coerced to lie.

Nwaeke alleged that helium was astatine the authorities location “when a container of money was handed implicit to Edison for that operation, though I bash not cognize the magnitude inside”.

During the programme, the main of unit Edison Ehie, dismissed the allegation arsenic mendacious and politically motivated.

“I volition not articulation issues wholly with Mr George Nwaeke due to the fact that I person already instructed my lawyers to record an contented of transgression libel against George Nwaeke and I anticipation helium is precise prepared to substantiate his claims and his allegations.”

Ehie said helium has grounds of Nwaeke seeking fiscal assistance from him connected the aforesaid time helium resigned arsenic caput of service.

Wike vs Fubara: Tinubu takes caller enactment amid Rivers crisis

Tinubu suspended Fubara and appointed Ibas arsenic Rivers sole administrator. Photo credit: Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Dada Olusegun
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Rivers has been embroiled successful governmental situation since Fubara fell retired with Nyesom Wike, his predecessor and existent curate of the national superior territory (FCT). Both are astatine loggerheads implicit the power of the oil-rich state.

On March 18, President Bola Tinubu declared a authorities of exigency successful Rivers and suspended the politician and his deputy.

The president besides appointed a caller sole administrator to oversee the state, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who has already started work.

Read much astir Rivers situation here:

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Wike's information did not invade Fubara's backstage residence

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Rivers authorities governmental situation took a antithetic magnitude erstwhile President Bola Tinubu announced the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

There were claims that FCT Minister Nyesom Wike's information operatives attacked the backstage residence of the suspended politician successful Rivers state.

However, the assertion has been fact-checked considering the implications of the assertion connected Nigeria's ideology and Rivers' peace.

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