‘I met huge debts’ – Ex-Gov Imoke blames Donald Duke over Cross River financial crisis

Former Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke, says helium inherited debts and contingent liabilities from his predecessor and statesmanlike campaigner of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Donald Duke.

Imoke disclosed this on Wednesday while fielding questions successful an interrogation connected Arise Television’s Prime Time.

He was speaking connected Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, an integrated tourism and escaped commercialized portion installation located successful Calabar, the authorities capital.

According to him, Tinapa outgo each man, pistillate and kid successful Cross River State $170.

The erstwhile politician added that, arsenic a state, his medication embarked connected a commercialized task with nationalist funds.

He reiterated that a cardinal naira monthly was going towards servicing a debt, stating that until Duke near office, helium did not wage immoderate debts.

“I inherited debts and contingent liabilities from Donald Duke. There was nary powerfulness proviso to Tinapa connected the time of commissioning. I had to bring successful power.

“As a authorities government, we had nary power implicit the dependencies for Tinapa to...