The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed to resign from his position if the forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC fails to indict Judith Amaechi, the wife of former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Wike, who made the declaration while addressing journalists in Abuja, accused Mrs. Amaechi of being a beneficiary of questionable contracts awarded by the NDDC during her husband’s tenure in office. According to him, she was receiving a monthly contract purportedly to train women in the Niger Delta region.
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The former Rivers State Governor challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the full report of the forensic audit commissioned by the Federal Government in 2021. The audit investigated the financial transactions and project implementations of the NDDC from its inception in 2001 up to August 2019, with the aim of exposing mismanagement, corruption, and irregularities within the commission.
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“Let President Bola Ahmed Tinubu do Nigerians a favour and release the report of the forensic audit of the NDDC. If what I’m saying is not in the document, I will resign as the Minister of FCT. I don’t worship the office,” Wike declared.
Wike’s comments came a day after Amaechi, in a media interview, described his wife as “almost an industrialist” in defence of her business engagements. Wike, however, dismissed the claim, alleging that her success was built on government patronage and not private enterprise.
“I didn’t come from a poor background. I may not be as wealthy as the Dangotes, but I never needed to steal public funds,” Wike said. “Amaechi is angry because I used a Rolls-Royce—not one gifted by a contractor, unlike his.”
He went further to label Amaechi as “one of the most corrupt human beings” and questioned the former minister’s academic qualifications, alleging that he failed to graduate from the Rivers State University.
This is not the first time prominent figures have been accused of benefiting from NDDC contracts. In 2020, the then Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, claimed during a House of Representatives hearing that several lawmakers were the “greatest beneficiaries” of NDDC contracts.
Wike’s explosive claims and bold resignation pledge have reignited public interest in the long-delayed audit report, which has remained unreleased to the public nearly four years after its completion.
As the calls for transparency grow louder, all eyes are now on the Tinubu administration to make the NDDC audit report public and lay bare the findings that could reshape the narrative around the commission’s controversial past.
