Former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi has been accused by Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike of “descending so low” by bringing his late mother into political disputes.
Wike gave a speech on Saturday while visiting the Uzugbani Ekpeye National Executive Council at Ekpeye House in Rivers State’s Ahoada East Local Government Area.
He was reacting to Amaechi’s claim during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday: the policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration contributed to his mother’s death by making it difficult for his family to afford her medication.
Wike said;
“Anybody who watched television last night would cry when somebody is bringing his own mother to play politics. Your mother that we thought should be resting peacefully.”
“In one of the videos, he said if ADC wins election, his mother would be very happy.”
“So, the only condition is that your mother will not be happy if ADC does not win. Too bad! She will not be happy. But ADC will not win. How can you bring a loved one who just died to bring in politics?”
“This was a speaker for eight years, from 1999 to 2007. This was a governor for eight years, from 2007 to 2015.”
“This was a minister for eight years, from 2015 to 2023, and your mother was sick, and you are telling the whole world, and because of the policy of Tinubu, you couldn’t buy drugs for your mother, and so your mother died.”
“You have told the world that your wife is an industrialist, yet an industrialist couldn’t give you money to buy drugs for your mother,” Wike said.
“Look at who-is-who who came with all private jets to bury a woman whom you could not buy drugs for because you were taking care of other people. You didn’t tell them, ‘My mother was sick, can you help me? Give me money; let me buy drugs.”
“People can descend so low to use their mother to play politics.”
“Look at the house you are living in in Old GRA, look at the house you are living in in Abuja, and then you say you are unable to buy drugs, and that was why your mother died. Enough is enough of this kind of embarrassment.”
In Nigeria’s ever-unpredictable political landscape, the dispute may be only the latest twist, with further accusations and surprises still possible.
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