' Some go further saying that Yar'Adua will use his stronger legal position to reshuffle his cabinet and distance himself from the governing party's more dubious barons such as former Delta State Governor James Ibori (who has been indicted on corruption charges) and former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili who remains under investigation...
Along with Ibori some of those threatened with prosecution by the EFCC such as ex-Governor of Rivers State Peter Odili also claim to have contributed to the election funds of the PDP and to the campaign of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua...
Vol 48 No 23 |
- NIGERIA
- ANALYSIS
He claims that by this time Okah had also struck a deal with Rivers State Governor Peter Odili to buy off the militants and justify a higher security budget...
Neither Ibori nor the former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili face formal charges in Nigeria...
Its Governor from 1999 to 2007 was Peter Odili...
This time former governors such as James Ibori of Delta State and Peter Odili of Rivers have also been linked to the violent clashes for power in the region...
Peter Odili the colourful ex-Governor of Rivers State has been a regular visitor to the EFCC offices in Abuja pledging undying cooperation with its investigations into his multi-million dollar business empire...
Outgoing governors whom the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has investigated - James Ibori (Delta) Peter Odili (Rivers) Lucky Igbenidion (Edo) Ahmed Makarfi (Kaduna) - have tried to secure political cover...
At Government House in Port Harcourt last week waiters scurried around pouring bottles of Cristal champagne as a white jacketed crooner sang Frank Sinatra's 'My way' in honour of outgoing Rivers State Governor Peter Odili...
He is the second choice of outgoing Governor Peter Odili following the arrest on corruption charges of his first choice the State Assembly Speaker Rotimi Amaechi...