The governor, said it was unconscionable for the immediate past administration to have secretly taken a state owned asset to Germany and abandon same there, without any documentation.
Governor Wike, who led a delegation of Rivers leaders to General Atomics Aerotec in Munich, Germany, where the aircraft had been abandoned for ten years, said efforts to repair and retrieve the aircraft has cost the State government over Three Million Euros.
On his part, the General Manager, Business Development, General Atomics Aerotec, Markus Froetschi, expressed delight that Governor Wike took the initiative to repair and return the aircraft to Nigeria for use by the State government.
The speaker of the state house of assembly, Ikunyi Owaji Ibani, the deputy speaker of the house of assembly, Ehie Ogerenye Edison, attorney general and commissioner for justice, Professor Zacheaus Adanger, Member of the House of representatives, Ken Chikere, chairman of the PDP in the state, Desmond Akawor and the chairman of Ikwere Local government area, Samuel Nwanosike were part of the delegation to Germany
