The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday verbally attacked his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, and threatened to expose the governor\u2019s wife \u201cif he (Wike) does not shut up his mouth.\u201d
\nAmaechi, who was visibly angry at the allegation leveled against his wife by the Rivers governor, also described his successor as a thug who could hardly speak good English.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Wike alleged that each commissioner and local government chairman in Rivers State paid the erstwhile governor\u2019s wife, Judith, N3m and N2m monthly, respectively.
\nRivers State Governor Nyesom WIke
\nBut when asked to react to this while speaking on the sidelines of an inspection program at the Kaduna Dry Port, Amaechi replied, \u201cBy accident of Goodluck Jonathan, I don\u2019t want to attribute it to God, but by the accident of Jonathan, the man takes office and talks rubbish. My wife and family, including my younger brothers and sisters, no one had access to government when I was governor.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven as minister, nobody will have such because it is not a family business. It is government business. But the problem with Nyesom Wike, and I want you to state this if he doesn\u2019t shut up his mouth and do his work I will bring his wife to the focus. You see I\u2019ve been very matured not to talk about his wife.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if Wike does not close his mouth and talk about my wife anymore, I will bring out his wife. My wife will never do such, we don\u2019t do family business. I care about transparency. My wife is a trader. She buys and sells and Wike knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked why he was also accused of squandering over N30bn belonging to Rivers State, Amaechi said, \u201cAnd you believe that? The man who says he has about $50m in Lagos and could no prove it is the same man you believe. The man who said I didn\u2019t pay salaries until I left office and now he is saying no, it is pensioners that I didn\u2019t pay. Do you believe such a man?<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think such a man is well? You believe Nyesom Wike is well? First, he doesn\u2019t know how to speak English, he is poorly dressed, he is a thug, and you bring me to focus with that kind of a man?\u201d<\/p>\n
On the decision of the Rivers government to handle some of the issues leveled against him in court, the transportation minister declared that his team was not given fair hearing by the panel set up in the state.<\/p>\n
Amaechi said, \u201cWhich court, okay let him go to court. He has no fact and he maligns people\u2019s character. The process is that you set up a tribunal, but we\u2019ve questioned the tribunal, we were not given a fair hearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgain, how do you know how the court came to its decision? We were not even informed. There is a panel of justices in Rivers State, which is the Court of Appeal. But by the time we knew it, they took away that matter from them and gave it to a panel that came from Adamawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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