Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has claimed that he worked for Rotimi Amaechi to emerge governor of Rivers State in 2007.
Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party member, claimed on Friday when he took questions from select journalists at his office in Abuja.
Asked about his faceoff with Governor Sim Fubara, Wike was asked if the fallout with his successor (Fubara) was a result of his fallout with his predecessor (Amaechi).
Quizzing Wike, one of the journalists said, “Some people will say what goes around, comes around, this is exactly what you did to Rotimi Amaechi” but Wike disagreed.
Raising his voice, he replied, “I was not with Amaechi, Amaechi didn’t bring me to be governor, with all due respect.
“I was the one that made the work for Amaechi to be governor. In 2007, are you not aware,” he asked the journalist.
Adding that, “Even in making me minister, he went back to National Assembly to disqualify me through SSS, are you not aware?
When the journalist insisted that Amaechi appointed Wike as Chief of Staff and made him minister, the FCT minister said, “No, you don’t have the facts.”
“The point I am making is that I am comfortable. Ahmed Bola did not give me a minister, he gave me Minister of FCT.
“What am I looking for, but that does not mean I will allow anybody to crumble our political structure, it will not happen.
Chronicle NG reports that Amaechi, the immediate past Minister of Works in the Muhammadu Buhari administration and a member of the All Progressives Congress was Rivers State governor from 2007-2015.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
