The story is all over the place and we need the governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to respond. Who owns Premium Trust Bank? There have been reports that he, and the Central Bank Governor, have stakes in it. Meffi again? It is reported that PDP presidential running mate has hit a brick wall because his government has asked its agencies to move their accounts to that bank in order to boost its profile.
Shall we hear what the governor has to say for himself? The stories also say that the banks who loaned his government over N250 billion have frozen the money because they believe Okowa wants the money to go into Premium Trust as a way of enriching it.
The consortium of banks does not want to work for the birth and nurture of its competition. That, the reports say, explains why he cannot help the Atiku campaign
All we need is for the governor to state its side of the story. Citizens of the state ought to know. As a Delta State citizen, this essayist is worried for the state’s “patrimoney.” It is about Premium Trust Bank, but more about trust.
NB: Sam Omatseye is a respected columnist with the Nation Newspaper
