“Wike Should Stop Rewriting His Past”—Amaechi Ally, Chief Eze, Fires Back at FCT Minister

The rift between Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and his former political mentor Rotimi Amaechi deepened over the weekend, as Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a long-time ally of Amaechi, took aim at what he described as Wike’s desperate attempt to whitewash his past.

This sharp response follows Wike’s recent appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where the former Rivers governor claimed he came from a privileged background and once drove himself to school in his own car—unlike Amaechi. He also accused Dame Judith Amaechi, wife of the ex-Minister of Transportation, of collecting ₦4 million monthly for training programmes allegedly linked to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

But Chief Eze is not buying it.

“Wike is rewriting his history, spinning a narrative that betrays those who helped raise him from nothing,” Eze said in a scathing statement sent to reporters.

According to Eze, Wike rose from humble beginnings and owes much of his political ascent to Amaechi’s benevolence and mentorship. He questioned whether Wike had “made himself” Local Government Chairman, Chief of Staff, or Minister during the Jonathan administration.

“He was an errand boy who was lifted out of obscurity by Amaechi. He is now claiming his father was rich, when everyone from his community knows the kind of hardship his family faced,” Eze said. “That’s not just self-denial—it’s an insult to truth.”

Eze didn’t stop there. He went further, suggesting that Wike’s father once disowned him, and that it was a friend’s father who actually paid Wike’s school fees.

“If his father were alive today, he would weep at this level of ungratefulness.”

Wike’s attempt to indict Judith Amaechi, Eze claimed, is a distraction—one that reeks of political vendetta rather than any genuine concern for public accountability.

“Even in trying to stain Judith, one must ask: is Wike’s wife, a Judge, immune from scrutiny? If she shares a roof and bed with someone so openly combative and erratic, should we not worry about her neutrality in matters of justice?” he asked pointedly.

Eze’s statement also touched on Wike’s tenure as Rivers governor, describing it as destructive rather than developmental. According to him, all major policies and reforms introduced by Amaechi—particularly in agriculture and education—were either reversed or abandoned.

“He destroyed the agricultural blueprint that could’ve tackled today’s food crisis. He dismantled scholarship schemes that had positioned Rivers as a hub for academic excellence,” Eze lamented.

In closing, Chief Eze said Amaechi made a grave political mistake by elevating Wike—a man he now describes as “a charlatan”—into the corridors of power.

“History will judge Amaechi not for his achievements, but for enabling Wike’s rise to power,” he added bitterly.

As the political back-and-forth escalates, one thing is clear: the battle between Amaechi and Wike is no longer just about ideology or party loyalties—it’s personal, emotional, and far from over.