Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has described the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, as “a drunk”, saying the latter spends N50 million on alcohol every week.

Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, stated that Wike should not be allowed a third term through his stooge.

The former minister said this during his campaign for the APC governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.

He stated that the amount of state funds Wike spends on alcohol in two weeks is almost equivalent to the amount he (Amaechi) spent to build one primary school when he served as governor, thereby, shortchanging Rivers people and wasting state funds.

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Amaechi said: “The person Wike buys alcohol from, said Wike spends N50 million every week on alcohol. The primary schools we built is N112 million, it means that in two weeks Wike has drunk one primary school. When Wike talks, it is alcohol that is talking. And he’s so shameless about it. Wike told the whole world on live TV that he was drinking a very expensive 40-year-old whiskey in the morning.

“We are asking INEC to be neutral. The people have rejected Wike and his government. Every street I went to, people were jumping on top of me shouting. They were remembering that I built 5 flyovers, I did not dance.

“We employed 400 new doctors, bought cars for 600 doctors, bought ambulances for all the health centres. We went round primary schools to see what’s going on, and discovered there were no teachers, so we hired 13,200 teachers. By the time I left as governor, there was a contractor in every school to maintain the school. Where are the schools that he (Wike) built?” the former governor stated.

In separate visits to the communities, Amaechi told the people that Cole “is the best” among the governorship candidates, stressing that he should be voted as governor of Rivers State.

“Compare Tonye and the other man, then compare our government with that of Wike. Did Wike do schools, did he do electricity? Your health care, we did.

“When you see Tonye Cole who is a businessman, from business into politics, why won’t you invest in him. This is your time, come out and vote. When we win, things will change. The free education will be brought back,” he said.

Some business owners, while speaking in the Iloabuchi area of Port Harcourt, assured Amaechi of their votes for Cole and the APC, saying: “We know you, you are tested okay. And we know that the person you are bringing (Tonye Cole) will not disappoint us.”

The Star