• Wike asks ex-gov to account for $308m gas stations sale

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a scathing attack on former Rivers State Governor and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, questioning his capacity to hold public office after he disclosed that he could not afford medication for his late mother.

In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC said Amaechi’s claim that he was unable to provide medication for his 89-year-old mother raised questions about his ability to sustain himself and his family outside public office.

The party, while expressing condolences to Amaechi over the death of his mother, Dame Ezinne Mary Oduah Amaechi, also prayed for the former minister’s good health.

Amaechi, who served as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, governor of the state and Minister of Transportation, is currently the running mate of the ADC presidential candidate for the 2027 election.

The APC recalled Amaechi’s recent statement that he had become financially constrained after leaving public office, saying his latest disclosure about his inability to afford his mother’s medication further exposed what it described as his dependence on public office.

“First, he howled that he had become so broke and hungry that his wife was now feeding him. Now, he has stated that his inability to afford medications killed his mother at 89,” Morka said.

MEANWHILE, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has challenged Amaechi to account for the $308 million proceeds from the sale of the state-owned gas turbine power stations during his administration.

Wike spoke yesterday at a town hall meeting with leaders, elders and stakeholders of the Ogbakor in Etche Local Council of Rivers State, where he launched a fresh attack on his predecessor’s record in office.

The minister accused Amaechi of failing to translate his eight years as governor, and later eight years as Minister of Transportation, into meaningful development and opportunities for the people of Rivers State.

He specifically questioned the circumstances surrounding the sale of the state’s gas turbine power stations to Sahara Energy for $308 million.

He said that, rather than accept the findings and account for the transaction, the former governor challenged the commission’s report in court but lost at various judicial levels.