Rivers: I was once Wike’s boss, I hired him – Amaechi says
Former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has addressed claims by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, that Amaechi is not his boss.
Wike, during a media chat in Abuja, dismissed his former boss, stating that the former Minister of Transportation lacks influence.
He asserted that Amaechi, even as the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign, failed to deliver Rivers State to former President Muhammadu Buhari in both the 2015 and 2019 elections.
Furthermore, through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, Wike also criticized former presidential spokesman Reuben Abati for labeling him as rude. Abati had claimed that Wike was very rude, emphasizing that former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi was Wike’s political boss.
The Arise Television anchor made this comment in response to Wike’s statement that Amaechi was power-hungry and failed to secure 10 percent of the vote for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election.
In response, Olayinka questioned how Amaechi could be considered Wike’s boss in politics. Posting on Facebook, Olayinka recalled how Wike remained in Rivers State to help Amaechi retrieve his mandate after the latter fled to Ghana in 2007.
During an Arise News interview on Thursday, when asked if he is still friends with Wike, Amaechi replied, “Why go into personal life?” When pressed on whether he still associates with Wike, Amaechi stated, “I’ve told you this several times, subordinates. I was once his [Wike’s] boss, whether he likes it or not. I hired him; I could have said no.”
