{"id":168390,"date":"2025-07-04T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike"},"modified":"2025-07-04T22:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:36:31","slug":"rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Amaechi a liar, he\u2019s corrupt, I like money \u2013 Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as one of the most corrupt people.<\/p>\n<p>Wike disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wike: \u201cHe (Amaechi) is one of the most corrupt people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he is corrupt, Wike denied being corrupt but insisted that he likes money.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWhen you use the word corrupt, no court has found me guilty of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like money; nobody can do without money. You can\u2019t say because I said I need money to solve problems, therefore, I\u2019m corrupt. No.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need money to pay my children\u2019s school fees. I need money for my family\u2019s healthcare. Does that make me corrupt? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also described Amaechi as a liar for saying he does not like money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when a man comes to the public to say, \u2018I don\u2019t like money,\u2019 you know he is a big liar because he needs money to solve his problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalking about houses, I\u2019m not a bush man. I\u2019m from Obio\/Akpor LGA. If you go to Ikwerre Road, my father is one of the few people who had duplexes there. Not too rich, but not from the level Amaechi came from, no,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as one of the most corrupt people. Wike disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Friday. According to Wike: \u201cHe (Amaechi) is one of the most corrupt people.\u201d When asked if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[250,254,454],"class_list":["post-168390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-amaechi","tag-nigeria","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rivers: Amaechi a liar, he\u2019s corrupt, I like money \u2013 Wike - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers: Amaechi a liar, he\u2019s corrupt, I like money \u2013 Wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-04T20:32:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-04T21:36:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751652503.075242.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers: Amaechi a liar, he\u2019s corrupt, I like money \u2013 Wike\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-04T20:32:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-04T21:36:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751652503.075242.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Amaechi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-amaechi-a-liar-hes-corrupt-i-like-money-wike\",\"name\":\"Rivers: Amaechi a liar, he\u2019s corrupt, I like money \u2013 Wike - 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