In a dramatic public challenge, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the long-suppressed forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to Wike, the report contains damaging revelations that implicate former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and his wife.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday night, Wike didn’t mince words. Responding to accusations of corruption leveled against him by Amaechi, the FCT minister alleged that Amaechi’s wife received N4 billion monthly from the NDDC during his time as minister under the guise of training women from the Niger Delta. “That’s N48 billion in one year,” Wike declared. “That is how the wife became an ‘industrialist’.”
Wike went further, placing his own political career on the line. “If Mr. President releases that forensic audit and what I’ve said is not in that document, I will resign as Minister of the FCT,” he promised. “I don’t worship office. I stand by my word.”
The former Rivers State Governor didn’t stop there. He accused the former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, of burying the forensic report to shield those implicated — particularly Amaechi. “Malami killed that document. He protected the people it implicated,” Wike said, describing it as a betrayal of public trust.
Wike also took personal jabs at Amaechi, questioning his academic background and disputing his claim of rejecting luxury. “He said a Senator gave him a Rolls-Royce, but he doesn’t drive it? That car was given by a contractor handling 90 percent of projects in Rivers State when Amaechi was governor,” Wike alleged.
The forensic audit of the NDDC was commissioned under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to investigate years of mismanagement and massive financial irregularities in the commission. While the audit was completed, the report was never made public — a silence that continues to fuel speculation.
Now, with Wike daring the president and the nation to take a look, pressure is mounting for transparency.
Observers note that Wike’s explosive claims are more than just personal attacks — they touch on the heart of Nigeria’s struggle with institutional accountability and corruption.
As Wike puts his office on the line, all eyes now turn to the presidency: will the Tinubu administration break the silence and release the audit, or will the report remain buried in the shadows?
