Amaechi Fires Major Shot at FCT Minister Wike, Video Trends: "He is a Child"

• Former Rivers state governor Rotimi Amaechi has described FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, as a child who is politically below him
• Amaechi, a minister under Muhammadu Buhari's administration, explained that he once hired Wike as his chief of staff, and he would have fired him
• Wike recently hit back at Amaechi for claiming he was hungry, stating that the latter was merely hungry for power

Rotimi Amaechi, the former Rivers governor, has said he would not descend so low to the level of a child by trading words with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike.

Amaechi, who served as minister of transportation under the immediate past administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, spoke during an interview with Arise TV.

The ex-governor said the FCT Minister was once his chief of staff and was not up to him politically.

Amaechi says he once employed Wike

The former governor, who is now a strong voice of the coalition seeking to sack President Bola Tinubu in 2027, maintained that he had the power to fire Wike when he was serving under him, adding that whether Wike likes it or not, he was once his staff.

At his 60th birthday celebration last week, Amaechi claimed that, like many other Nigerians, he was hungry. But Wike dismissed the comment, describing it as a ploy to regain political relevance, and added that the former governor was merely hungry for power.

In 2021, Wike stated that he was instrumental in making Amaechi governor. The FCT Minister claimed that God used him for that purpose, adding that he even had a recording in which Amaechi acknowledged that, after God, he was the most important figure in his rise to power. He accused the former governor of going on television to call him his former staff.

Wike recalls how he made Amaechi governor

Wike recalled that he and others sat to make him the governor and that he was the one who championed Amaechi's emergence as governor.

"How do you call someone who made you governor an employee?" Wike questioned.

The minister added that when Amaechi became governor, he sought his advice and wanted to make him the commissioner for finance, but he rejected it because he wanted to be the chief of staff.

Reacting to the claim, Amaechi rejected Wike's revelation that he played a role in his election. He challenged the FCT Minister to explain how he made him a governor. He said:

“Ask him how he made me governor. I’m saying this because I don’t want to join issues with children.”

See video of the interview here:

Wike speaks on PDP membership

Legit.ng earlier reported that Nyesom Wike insisted that he remains a member of the PDP while reacting to the call for his expulsion from the party.

Wike, in a media chat on Monday, June 2, 2025, said he had not seen anyone in the party who had the guts to tell him that he was no longer a member of the PDP.

The minister insisted that the PDP was the party he had served for many years and that he was ready to challenge anyone to mention their contributions to the party.

Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng