Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Tonye Cole is in big trouble.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has directed the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zaccheaus Adangor to commence immediate prosecution of him and his company, Sahara Energy amid former Transportqtion Minister, Rotimi Amaechi over alleged fraudulent sale of state assets and diversion of $50 million.

Wike said: “Attorney General, you’re at a critical period where people want to know what the State is going to do with the Judiciary Panel of Inquiry after the Supreme Court judgement on it.”

“Luckily, you came at the right time when we have preferred criminal charges against the former governor Rotimi Amaechi, Sahara Energy, Tonye Cole and the rest of them.”

“So, you are coming at the right time to take over the matter and to make sure it is prosecuted diligently. I don’t want to hear excuses. Let the people see what happened to our money.”

“The world will see how $50 million from our account was moved to a company without nothing to show whether there was a business.”

“EFCC should know that the era of impunity and flagrant disobedience to the rule of law is gone and my administration will not accept such behaviour.”

“The State Government will charge the EFCC for contempt if it failed to retrace its steps.”

“Rivers State government had judgment against EFCC since 2007. The court said you (EFCC) has no business in the financial transactions of the (Rivers) State. EFCC has been struggling to set aside that judgement until now. They have not even appealed it.”

“We are in a political period. People should not think that they will use EFCC to intimidate or manipulate him (Fubara). Nobody will accept that. So you (Attorney General) have to attach the judgment of the candidate against EFCC and send the right signal to them that we are not people that can be cowed.”