Rivers State former governor, Rotimi Amaechi is in big trouble.

A high court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, has issued a bench warrant against him and Tonye Cole.

The judge, Chinwendu Nwogu, also issued a bench warrant against Sahara Energy Resources Limited, Chamberlain Peterside, NG powers HPS Limited, and Cenpropsaroten Management Limited over failure to appear before the court on Rivers State Government’s criminal charges against them.

For those who don’t know, the Rivers government filed a fresh lawsuit on misappropriation of public funds against Amaechi during his tenure as governor of the state from 2007 to 2015

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike had set up a seven-man panel to probe Amaechi over an alleged withdrawal of N96 billion from the treasury during his tenure as governor.

The panel had also investigated issues surrounding the “sale of assets” by the former governor.

On May 27, 2022, the supreme court dismissed an application by Amaechi, challenging the probe.