Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said he rejected a bribe of N1 billion while he was governor of Rivers State.

While speaking in Lagos, Amaechi said he rejected the bribe because of his hatred for corruption.

Amaechi said, “My first confrontation with bribe was with a big contractor in Rivers State. After awarding the contract, he brought a billion naira. I screamed.

“I asked, where did you get the money? and he said from what he got (from the contract) and I said ‘look, that means you over quoted the contract’.

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“I said the only reason you are giving me N1 billion was because if the contract was N32 billion, you made it N37 billion.

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