Ogu-Bolo LGA, Rivers state – The immediate past governor of Rivers state and current minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has unveiled his strategy amid his feud with his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Wike has been fighting Fubara for control of the state’s political structure since 2023 as the FCT minister indirectly accused his predecessor of not appreciating the role he played in his emergence as the state’s number one citizen.
Speaking on Saturday, May 11, in Ogu-Bolo LGA of Rivers at an event to honour George Sekibo, a former senator who has spent 36 years in public service, Wike hinted that he is out to provoke Fubara’s camp into wrong action.
There are fears that the FCT minister’s move may fu
The former governor claimed he made a mistake by “supporting” Sim Fubara’s emergence as governor, emphasising that he is out to correct his “mistake.”
Wike hinted that Fubara is not appreciative of the role he playing in his emergence as the Rivers state governor.
His words, as quoted by Arise News:
On Friday, May 10, a Rivers high court granted an interim injunction restraining Martin Amaewhule, a lawmaker loyal to Wike, from parading himself as speaker of the state assembly.
Charles Wali, the presiding judge, also restrained 25 other assembly members who are loyal to the FCT minister from parading themselves as legislators.
Despite the court injunction, Wike told the lawmakers that “no one” can remove them in the state’s assembly.
In a related development, Prince Uche Secondus, a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said Wike is the brain behind Governor Fubura’s political troubles.
The PDP leader, who spoke in Abuja on Saturday, May 11, said Fubura was being hounded by his political opponents for daring to prevent the looting of the state.
According to Secondus, the political crisis in Rivers state was orchestrated by those who demand unfettered access to the finances of the state, a demand the governor has refused to accept.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
