I Supervised You as Chief of Staff, Not the Other Way Around — Amaechi Tells Wike

Former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has dismissed claims by Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), that he played a decisive role in his emergence as governor.

“I was once his boss. Whether he likes it or not. I hired him. I could have said no,” Amaechi said during an interview on Arise Television.

Responding to Wike’s assertion that he made him governor, Amaechi said: “God, Peter Odili, the judiciary and the Rivers state people made me governor… I’m saying this because I don’t want to join issues with children.”

He also countered Wike’s version of events, saying, “I wanted him as chief of staff so I could supervise him. I didn’t offer him the commissioner for finance.”

Amaechi criticised Wike’s political style and questioned his integrity, adding, “You know, he made himself chief of staff. He made himself governor. He made himself minister. He made himself local government chairman.”

Wike had earlier dismissed Amaechi’s remark that he is “hungry” as a bid for political relevance, saying the former governor is “not hungry for food but for political power”.

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But Amaechi refused to engage in what he termed childish political banter, stating, “There’s no more respect for family names. People just do and say anything.”

He also lamented the deterioration of the infrastructure he built while in office, saying, “It distresses me when I see those projects vandalised.”