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Judith Amaechi, wife of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday denied that she received N4 billion monthly from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had early this month alleged that the ex-minister’s wife collected N4 billion monthly from the interventionist agency.
He also appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the report of the forensic audit carried out on NDDC during the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to expose those who allegedly benefited from the commission.
In a statement issued by her media aide, Dike Bekwele, the ex-Rivers governor’s wife described the allegations as wild and unfounded.
The statement read: “It is both absurd and a mere figment of Mr. Wike’s imagination.
“There is absolutely no iota of veracity in the allegation made by Mr. Wike against Dame Amaechi and the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI). Dame Amaechi did not and has never received FOUR BILLION NAIRA monthly payments (₦4,000,000,000.00) from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
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“Quite contrary to the falsehood concocted and diffused by Mr. Nyesom Wike, the counterpart funding between the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI) and the NDDC is in the public glare for scrutiny.
“It will be preposterous for Wike to allege that the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI) or Dame Judith Amaechi was indicted in the NDDC forensic audit report, which has not been published to the Nigerian Public. It is both absurd, baseless, and a mere figment of Mr. Wike’s imaginations.
“We expect that Minister Nyesom Wike will remain patient to his prayers answered on the unpublished NDDC forensic audit report, than to engage and indulge in media trials on a Live National telecast.
“We, therefore, challenge Mr. Wike to make public his version of the forensic audit report on the Niger Delta Development Commission, where either Dame Judith Amaechi or the ESI was indicted.
“In the likely event that Wike fails to provide such a report, then we challenge Mr. Wike to actuate his boast and make bold to tender his resignation as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, forthwith with an unreserved apology to the nation.”
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