Amaechi denies impregnating Soyinka’s daughter

Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday debunked the rumours making the rounds that he impregnated a daughter of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka.
According to an online publication, PREMIUM TIMES, the governor denied the rumours through his twitter handle on December 18, but it became public knowledge on Saturday.

There had been rumours that a daughter of the Nobel Laureate was expecting a child for Amaechi and that she was already living in the Government House.
It was further alleged that the governor’s wife, Judith, had fled abroad following the domestic challenges she was having with her husband.
It was claimed that the absence of the First Lady gave Soyinka’s daughter the opportunity to establish her full presence in the Government House.
But, in the tweet, Amaechi debunked the rumour, saying it was a big lie, which was part of the ongoing campaign to smear his image.
“That rumour about me and Prof. Soyinka’s daughter is a big outrageous lie. It’s certainly part of the ongoing political campaign to smear…..”
In another tweet, the governor said his marriage to his wife was intact, adding that they both love themselves. “…me and Prof. Soyinka. I have never and will never assault my wife Judith.
”I love her so much and she loves me too. Our marriage DEY KAMPE (Top Form).”
On December 24, the governor tweeted a touching birthday message to his wife, Judith.
The message was accompanied by a romantic photograph, with the governor wrapping himself around his wife.
“Happy birthday to the most beautiful, loving, caring, trustworthy woman alive – my beloved wife and mother of my children, Judith.
”You’ve been a pillar to me, my partner through thick and thin. I love you so much, my darling,” he wrote.
He posted the same message to his Facebook page. Soyinka appears to enjoy warm relationship with Amaechi.
In July, after an open-door lecture series tagged: “WS79 – Memoirs of Our Future: An Audience with Prof. Wole Soyinka,” which held at the African Centre in Covent Garden, London, to commemorate his 79th birthday anniversary, the Nobel Laureate told journalist he was Amaechi’s friend, just as he was to other public officers.
Responding to a question on whether he was a friend of the governor, following his spanking of Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, Soyinka said, “That Amaechi is my friend is not an allegation.”
He said he would be friends with anyone who has been given the mandate of the people through the electoral process.