Wike: Tinubu should release NDDC audit report — Amaechi’s wife’s company got N4bn monthly

Wike and Amaechi

Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has responded to comments by Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation.

Speaking when he appeared on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, Amaechi questioned Wike’s political relevance and challenged him to a popularity walk from Abuja to Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital.

Amaechi also described Judith, his wife, as an industrialist—a claim that the FCT minister punctured when he spoke on Politics Today, which aired on Friday.

Wike asked President Bola Tinubu to release the report of the forensic audit carried out on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), saying that it contains records about how Amaechi’s wife allegedly benefited from the intervention agency.

The FCT minister also claimed that the report was shelved to protect those who might be indicted in any form of fraud.

The federal government under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari launched an audit to examine the commission’s financial dealings and project execution from 2001 to August 2019, seeking to uncover mismanagement, fund misappropriation, and other discrepancies.

Wike said a company linked to Judith allegedly received N4 billion monthly from the NDDC under the pretext of training women in the Niger Delta.

He alleged that the audit report was buried by Abubakar Malami, the former attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice.

“First of all, Amaechi’s wife was not an industrialist at the time; the best I know,” Wike said.