Thursday, September 3, 2026 - The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has leveled severe allegations against Rotimi Amaechi, the Vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), claiming his past actions as governor of Rivers State led to a pregnant woman giving birth in prison custody
Wike made the assertion on Wednesday during his monthly
media briefing with journalists, pointing to the prolonged closure of courts in
Rivers State during Amaechi's tenure from 2007 to 2015.
The FCT Minister voiced strong disapproval toward the
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for inviting Amaechi to address its recently
concluded annual conference in Port Harcourt, arguing that public figures with
such records should not be offered platforms by legal institutions.
"Rotimi
Amaechi, who wants to be vice president today, once shut down the court in
Rivers State and made a pregnant woman to give birth in the prison," Wike
alleged.
He added that executive actions undermining judicial
infrastructure ought to face permanent public accountability: "If, as I'm
sitting today as minister of the FCT, who is seen as governor of the FCT, and I
call for courts to shut down, I should not be given a platform to defend
that."
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