Lunatic can’t preside over Nigeria,’ Wike blasts Amaechi over anti-Tinubu remarks

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has declared that “bloody thieves” and “lunatics” such as the ex-Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, will never be allowed to become president of Nigeria.

Speaking to journalists after a brief meeting with FCT area council chairmen in Abuja, Wike launched a verbal attack on Amaechi after the African Democratic Congress (ADC) politician reportedly told voters in Edo State that “only thieves and mad people” would vote for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Visibly angered by the remarks, Wike questioned Amaechi’s comments and said a person who described Tinubu’s supporters as thieves and mad people should not expect to escape criticism.

Wike, who accused Amaechi of hypocrisy and engaging in political warfare, also criticised the media and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for allegedly allowing such campaign rhetoric to go unchecked.

“A lunatic cannot preside over the affairs of this country! He said those who want to vote for Tinubu are thieves. So, I’m a thief? That’s what he’s saying.

“But who can be a bigger thief than Amaechi? Ask him who has been his psychiatric doctor,” Wike said.

Wike warned that if Amaechi continued to insult the President’s supporters, he would face resistance in his home state.

“If he continues along this line, it will be difficult for him to campaign in Rivers State. We will make it difficult for him.

“You cannot sit down, call voters madmen and thieves, and expect to walk away free,” he stated.

Wike insisted that Amaechi had no moral standing to lecture Nigerians or aspire to the country’s highest office, citing allegations concerning projects undertaken during Amaechi’s tenure as governor of Rivers State.

He challenged journalists to hold Amaechi accountable for what he described as multi-million-dollar projects whose funds had not been properly accounted for.

Wike alleged that $39 million had been paid for the Justice Karibi-Whyte Hospital, which he claimed was never built.

He also criticised a $10 million fumigation contract awarded to a Cuban firm to eliminate mosquitoes, describing it as a waste of public funds.

In addition, Wike referred to the N68 billion monorail project in Port Harcourt, which he said was abandoned during Amaechi’s tenure as governor.

He also alleged that $308 million in proceeds from the sale of state-owned gas turbines had been looted.

“This is a known thief who was indicted by a judicial panel of inquiry and lost his appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.

“Yet the media allows such a character to go on television and call the President and voters thieves,” Wike said.