I brought Wike up in politics – Amaechi claims

A former minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he brought up the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in politics, saying that he does not know why the minister disrespects him.

Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday, Amaechi dared the minister to take a walk with him from Abuja to Port Harcourt to prove his popularity.

He said, “Let the Minister of the FCT come, let’s take a walk from the airport to Port Harcourt, no police, no army, nothing, just the two of us. I don’t know why he doesn’t respect people like us; I am older. I brought him up in politics. Who is he?”

The former governor said focusing on Wike would distract the opposition from making the masses know what the 2027 presidential election is really about.

When asked why he remained silent when his predecessor and the suspended governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, were at loggerheads, Amaechi said, “Why should I intervene? Did you see the outcome? Don’t you get impressed by my reaction, that at the end of the day, somebody has surrendered?

“At the end of the day, you can see the looting going on in the government.”

Amaechi confirmed that he was no longer a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he resigned on Tuesday.

“Yes, I did. I think it was on Tuesday. I’d already transmitted my letter to the ward chairman. So, I directed one of my staff from my village to convey the letter to the ward chairman that I have left the party, if there was any party called APC, by the way,” Amaechi said.