A former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi has made fresh revelations on his past dealings with his successor, Nyesom Wike.
NATIONAL POST recalls that Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, during his monthly media chat on Monday, diminished Amaechi’s influence in the state.
He also failed to recognise Amaechi’s contribution to his political rise.
However, while appearing on Arise News, Amaechi recalled that he made Wike his Chief of Staff to monitor him.
He said, “I wanted him (Wike) as chief of staff so I could supervise him.
"Adoke flew all the way from Abuja to Port Harcourt that Wike asked me to make him the Commissioner for Finance and I said no, he has to work under me so that I can supervise him.
"I didn’t offer him Commissioner for Finance. I'm saying this because I don't want to join issues with children.
"You know, he made himself chief of staff. He made himself governor. He made himself a minister. He made himself local government chairman.”
Amaechi, a member of the coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 also revealed that he does not go to Rivers State anymore.
According to the former Minister, seeing some projects he completed during his tenure as governor abandoned and vandalised makes him go crazy.
Amaechi specifically noted that some of the primary and secondary schools he built with state resources were abandoned and allowed to be vandalised by his successor.
He said, "Now when I was sworn in as governor you'll ask the question, 'did you perform?' People are building a flyover here and making noise.
"I built six flyovers. They're there and I did not make noise. I didn't call the President to come and commission. I built primary schools, let any other governor who has built primary schools come forward in Rivers State.
"I built secondary schools people were calling universities with two children per room and I got an agency in India to come and manage those schools and they brought science teachers from India and arts teachers from Nigeria.
"The schools are now abandoned, vandalised. That's why I don't go to Rivers State because it gives you mental disorder.
“Within that period, we tried to build a new city. We finished 24 hrs power supply and it was abandoned and vandalised."