{"id":175129,"date":"2025-08-20T08:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-calls-amaechis-anti-corruption-claim-garbage"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:05:55","slug":"wike-calls-amaechis-anti-corruption-claim-garbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-calls-amaechis-anti-corruption-claim-garbage","title":{"rendered":"Wike Calls Amaechi&#8217;s Anti-Corruption Claim Garbage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, rubbished the claims of former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that he would stop corruption in Nigeria within one month, if elected president.<\/p>\n<p>Wike described Amaechi\u2019s remark as \u201cgarbage\u201d claiming that his past antecedents indicted him of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Wike recalled how Amaechi sealed up the Rivers State High Court for two years while he was governor.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that Amaechi never had regard for the rule of law during his tenure as governor.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wike: \u201cIt\u2019s only in Nigeria that we forget things easily, a man comes to tell you that he would end corruption in one month, is the man taking the issue of corruption very seriously?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s start with his antecedents. He was a governor of Rivers State, right? What can be more corruption when you don\u2019t want an arm of government to exist. Can there be good governance without obeying the rule of law?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man who was governor and refused the judiciary to operate, a man who was governor and who would stop corruption, sealed up the state High Court for almost two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man who said he would stop corruption was the man who stopped the judiciary from existing for nearly two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at Nigerians, we are so daft; any politician can come and speak to you and you listen to such garbage, that somebody will tell you that he will stop corruption in one month in this country.\u201d<\/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. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, rubbished the claims of former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that he would stop corruption in Nigeria within one month, if elected president. Wike described Amaechi\u2019s remark as \u201cgarbage\u201d claiming that his past antecedents indicted him of corruption. 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