Amaechi, Senator Ben Bruce Fight Dirty.

  
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, and Senator Ben Bruce, on Sunday took their political battle to twitter. Senator Bruce started by condemning the recent comments credited to President Muhammadu Buhari to the effect that some Nigerians were giving the country a bad image by engaging in nefarious activities around the world. Bruce said, “Your own minister spent ₦80 million on a one day dinner, yet it is your citizens you accuse of being criminals #IAmANigerianNotACriminal”.

The tweet was apparently referring to Amaechi whose administration was accused of spending N80 million to organise a dinner for Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka.

Amaechi quickly fired back at Bruce, saying, “A coward, who is not bold enough to name the minister that he alleged criminally spent N80M on dinner is unfit to sit in our senate chambers.” In another response, Bruce mocked Amaechi over the recent Supreme Court judgment that upheld the election of Nyesom Wike as governor, saying “When you have been Wike’d, you become wicked! But you will always be my beloved brother, no matter how much you transfer the anger on me.” Amaechi reacted by saying, “I will not respond to innuendos. Be courageous, name the minister. We know you talk here & do ‘siddon’ look where you are elected to talk”.