I am from a rich background not like Amaechi – Wike

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, claimed on Friday that the former Governor of the State Rivers. Rotimi Amaechi, born without a silver spoon.

The Minister reacted to the credited statement to Amaechi in the television program of the channel, Politics Today.

Amaechi, who also appeared in the program on Thursday, slammed Wike because he did not respect people in the political room.

He also stated that he expressed the minister in politics.

With its usual abrasive attitude, wike. It was solved that he was born into a rich family unlike the former Minister of Transportation who he said came from a bad background.

Former Governor of the State Rivers said he had a Rolls-Royce car and no one gave him a luxury vehicle.

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He also accused Amaechi corrupt.

The two men have been locked in the Cold War since 2015 when they took a different direction in their political journey.

Wike said:

“I have rolls-royce; no one gives it to me; I bought it myself. I did not come from the same background as Rotimi Amaechi.

“As a student, I use Mercedes-Benz. My father is a manager of many companies. I come from a rich background but not too rich like dangote.”

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