Wike explains how he risked his life to make Amaechi Rivers' governor

• Nyesom Wike said helium enactment his beingness connected the enactment to marque his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, politician of Rivers state
• The curate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said helium ne'er asked Amaechi for fiscal power
• According to the erstwhile Rivers authorities governor, Amaechi aboriginal attempted to borderline him retired politically

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary issues

FCT, Abuja - The curate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said helium risked his beingness to marque his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, Rivers authorities politician successful 2007.

Wike besides claimed that helium invested everything helium had to guarantee that Amaechi emerged arsenic governor.

Wike says helium risked his beingness to marque Amaechi politician of Rivers State. Photo credit: Nyesom Wke/Rotimi Amaechi
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The erstwhile Rivers state politician alleged that Amaechi aboriginal attempted to borderline him retired politically, falsely believing helium was doing him (Wike) a favour.

As reported by The Leadership, Wike stated this during an quality connected Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ connected Friday night, July 4, 2025

“Amaechi thought helium was doing maine a favour by pushing maine out; helium couldn’t person made it without me. I was a DG — I’m not a pushover politician.”

He narrated however helium enactment his beingness astatine hazard for Amaechi’s governmental future.

“We moved Amaechi to Ghana, that was the time I started wearing ‘Babanriga’. In the sanction of God, I enactment my beingness astatine risk. At a point, I called my woman and said, ‘Take my children away; I don’t cognize what volition happen. If I don’t survive, that’s however God wants it."“Amaechi came to the airdrome to prime maine up from Ghana. He wore a look cap; helium was successful blistery tears.”

Wike called connected salient individuals to corroborate his communicative of helping Amaechi go governor.

“Marcus Nneji volition archer you that I spent everything I person successful my beingness to spot that we succeeded and Amaechi became governor. Ask Bello Adoke, Magnus Abbey, inquire Idozu, Amaechi is simply a precise large liar.”

The FCT curate said helium ne'er asked for fiscal power but lone requested to beryllium made Chief of Staff successful the Rivers State Government House.

“I told Amaechi I privation to beryllium Chief of Staff; I didn’t privation finance.”

Wike mentions information to resign arsenic FCT curate

Recall that Wike alleged that Judith Amaechi, woman of Rotimi Amaechi, ex-minister of transportation, became an 'industrialist' done controversial means.

Judith is the caput of the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI), which campaigns against HIV/AIDS, advocates for the rights of women and children, and promotes sex equity and Girl Child education.

In an interview, Wike said helium volition resign from his contiguous relation arsenic FCT curate if his allegation that Judith collected N48 cardinal annually from the national authorities is not true.

Wike denies purported Tinubu's order.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Wike insisted that the assertion that helium allocated immense hectares of onshore to 1 of his sons is simply a fabrication.

Responding to the allegations of onshore grabbing for his son, Wike reacted to the allegation connected Thursday, July 3, during a media chat successful the FCT, Abuja, monitored by Legit.ng.

Wike described the accusation arsenic a communicative sponsored by an unnamed 'failed politician' from Adamawa state.

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