
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to make public the forensic audit report on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), which he claimed implicates former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Wike pledged to resign if the released report fails to indict Amaechi.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday in Abuja, Wike was reacting to Amaechi’s allegations of corruption against him. He further alleged that Amaechi’s wife collected N4 billion monthly from the NDDC to train women in the Niger Delta.
Wike added that, unlike Amaechi, he does not come from a poor background, which explains his preference for luxury.
Wike said, “First of all, Amaechi’s wife was not an industrialist. She has never been, and that is why I call on Mr President to release the forensic audit of NDDC.
“Amaechi’s wife company, every month, got N4 billion to train Niger Delta women. That is N48 billion in one year alone, and the forensic audit report is there. Who killed it? It was Malami, then the Attorney General. That is one of the people who is now talking. Mr President should help Nigerians. You see, this is what I have always said. Mr President should help Nigerians. Please, release the forensic audit of the NDDC.
“I have said, let Mr President please do us a favour to release that document. Former Attorney General, Malami, killed that document to protect those who were concerned. I am not just saying what I am saying, let them release the document. If what I am saying is not in the document, I will resign at the Minister of the FCT. I said I will resign. I don’t worship office. What I am saying, let them release the forensic audit of the NDDC. I didn’t say the forensic audit was right, but I said, release the report of the forensic audit. That is how the wife became an industrialist – N4 billion every month to train Niger Delta women”, he stated.