Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused former Rivers State Governor and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, of actions that allegedly resulted in a pregnant woman giving birth while in prison custody.
Wike made the allegation on Wednesday during his monthly media briefing with journalists, while criticising the prolonged closure of courts in Rivers State during Amaechi’s tenure as governor from 2007 to 2015.
The FCT minister also criticised the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for inviting Amaechi to speak at its recently concluded annual conference in Port Harcourt.
Wike argued that individuals whose past actions allegedly undermined the judiciary should not be given platforms by professional legal organisations.
“Rotimi Amaechi, who wants to be vice president today, once shut down the court in Rivers State and made a pregnant woman to give birth in the prison,” Wike alleged.
He further argued that public officials who take actions capable of undermining judicial institutions should remain accountable for such decisions.
“If, as I’m sitting today as minister of the FCT, who is seen as governor of the FCT, and I call for courts to shut down, I should not be given a platform to defend that,” he said.
