Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike,has said the 2027 vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC),
Rotimi Amaechi, neglected Rivers state when he was minister of transportation.
Wike disclosed this on Saturday, during a civic reception held in his honour at Omagwa in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers state.
A former governor of Rivers, Amaechi,
served as a minister of transportation under the administration of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2022.
Amaechi resigned as minister in 2022 to contest the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary. He was defeated at the APC primary by President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking to guests at the reception, Wike said that Amaechi did not tackle Rivers’ problems when he was a minister.
The minister of the FCT further alleged that Amaechi facilitated the siting of the Federal University of Transportation in Daura, Katsina state, the hometown of the late President Buhari, because he wanted to become president.
“Now that he wants to run for vice-president (Amaechi), we must ask: what happened during all the years he was minister of transportation?” Wike asked.
“Did he relate with us? Did he think about our problems? Did he bring anything here?
“Rather, you sent a university to Daura because you thought that would make you president. Did it make you president?”
