I made you, yet you constantly disrespect me – Amaechi blasts Wike

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Amaechi challenged Wike to prove his popularity by walking with him from Abuja to Port Harcourt without any security escorts.

“Let the Minister of the FCT come, let’s take a walk from the airport to Port Harcourt — no police, no army, nothing, just the two of us,” Amaechi said. “I don’t know why he doesn’t respect people like us. I am older. I brought him up in politics. Who is he?”

Amaechi stressed that the opposition should focus less on Wike and more on enlightening Nigerians about the stakes in the 2027 elections.

“If the opposition continues to focus on him, we’ll be distracted from making the people know that this 2027 election is between the people — there’s no party, no ADC, no ADA, nothing — versus Tinubu’s government,” he added.

The former minister also addressed why he remained silent during the political feud between Wike and suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.

“Why should I intervene? Did you see the outcome? Don’t you get impressed by my reaction, that at the end of the day, somebody has surrendered?” he said. “At the end of the day, you can see the looting going on in the government.”

Amaechi further confirmed that he has officially resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), revealing he submitted his resignation letter to his ward chairman earlier in the week.

“Yes, I did. I think it was on Tuesday,” he stated. “I directed one of my staff from my village to convey the letter to the ward chairman that I have left the party — if there’s even a party called APC, by the way.”