Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Rivers State government officials and agencies during the 2015–2023 term. Sources linked on each card.
2
Total cases
0
Convicted
0
Ongoing
0
Dismissed
Govt response:
investigatingPoliticised
Allegation
The EFCC commenced a probe in 2018 into over-the-counter withdrawals totalling ₦117 billion from Rivers State Government House accounts between 2015 and 2018, alleging government-account signatories acted as proxies to conspire and divert the funds.
Outcome / Status
The Rivers State Government publicly clashed with the EFCC over the allegation; no conviction resulted from this specific probe.
Administration's response
Governor Wike rejected the investigation as a political witch-hunt and declared that no state government official would appear before the EFCC over it.
investigatingPoliticised
Allegation
In 2022 the EFCC declared four Rivers State Government officials wanted over an alleged ₦435 billion fraud, including the state's Director of Finance and a government cashier.
Outcome / Status
The named officials were declared wanted; no public resolution of the underlying allegation was identified as of this update.
Administration's response
The state government did not publicly concede the allegation and continued to characterise EFCC scrutiny of it as politically motivated.