Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ridiculed former Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi’s renewed presidential ambition, declaring that his former ally-turned-rival is “indignant” and pushed by frustration after being out of energy.
Talking on the commissioning of Aguma Palace Street and New Market Street in Abuja’s Gwagwalada Space Council on Friday, July 4, Wike dismissed Amaechi’s bid to contest in 2027 below the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as each opportunistic and unconvincing.
“As a result of you’ve gotten left workplace, you’re indignant. You stated Nigerians are indignant. You need to come again to energy; you gained’t come again,” Wike stated.
Wike’s outburst adopted Amaechi’s feedback a day earlier on Politics At this time the place the previous Rivers State governor criticised President Bola Tinubu’s management and expressed readiness to contest once more for the presidency, this time below the opposition ADC.
Amaechi promised to serve for just one time period and claimed the Tinubu administration had underperformed, even compared to Muhammadu Buhari’s.
Nonetheless, Wike, as soon as Amaechi’s political successor in Rivers State, was unsparing in his response.
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“You by no means made indignant Nigerians glad, however Tinubu stayed in workplace for six months and also you began saying Nigerians are indignant,” he stated, jabbing at Amaechi’s sudden concern for residents.
He questioned the rationale behind forming a coalition so early in Tinubu’s tenure, accusing Amaechi and his allies of political hypocrisy and ineffectiveness.
“They stated the coalition has began… When will you cease deceiving Nigerians?” Wike requested. “Any individual got here into workplace six months you then began the coalition, however you had the chance to be Minister of Transportation for eight years. What did you do?”
Wike, now a outstanding determine in President Tinubu’s cupboard regardless of being a PDP member, additionally boasted about defeating Amaechi’s political camp in Rivers State.
“I defeated Amaechi’s get together within the final two presidential elections in Rivers State,” he stated.
Although the 2 males as soon as belonged to the identical political camp, their falling out has change into one among Nigeria’s most enduring rivalries.
Wike’s newest remarks sign that as 2027 approaches, private battles will once more combine with nationwide politics in what’s shaping as much as be a bitter energy contest.
