Ezekiel AwojideMr Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, said he had shared the evidence of the N5 billion offered to him to coordinate the impeachment of the suspended governor.He said the evidence was still on his telephone but had shared it among his friends in case he was attacked by those who offered the bribe.Ehie made the revelation while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.He said, “I can also open my phone to show you, at the beginning of October 2023, when they approached me with a bribe of N5 billion. It is here on my phone,“It was for impeachment. It’s here. I have it, and I have printed it and distributed it in case, in their evil imagination, they decide to attack me. I already have a son and a brother.”The Chief of Staff also denied claims that he orchestrated the October 30, 2023, bombing of the Rivers Assembly complex on Fubara’s orders.The Chief of Staff denied the allegation made by a former Head of Service in the state, George Nwaeke, during a press conference in Abuja last Friday that he (Ehie) orchestrated the bombing of the Rivers State Assembly complex as ordered by Fubara.The burning was said to have been carried out to stop the impeachment of Fubara by the House of Assembly.Ehie said, “It is very important to clarify that 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 him, and I hope he is very prepared to substantiate his claims and his allegations.’’
