I regret helping Fubara become governor – Wike

March 26, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Former Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has expressed sorrow for assisting Siminalayi Fubara in becoming governor of the oil-rich state.

Wike, speaking to a gathering of supporters in Port Harcourt over the weekend, claimed that the governor tricked him [Wike] into working for him to become governor.

Wike has been at odds with his successor, Governor Fubara, for months, and their spat appears to be far from over.

Ranting at the occasion, Wike said: “You (Fubara) said State Assembly people should not be independent, but you want to be independent. Continue to be independent. Continue to save the democracy of Nigeria. If they like, let them do as they’re doing; if they get to any court they have in the state, let them continue. Let them continue.

“We’ll never be intimidated by that. So let nobody be afraid. Every day, they say they’re doing Thanksgiving. They were lucky they didn’t show this early. When we’ve finished winning for them, from polling units to tribunal, from tribunal to court of appeal, they now came saying we want to remove them at Supreme Court.

“Can you imagine? That’s how they collect money from them. They appointed somebody as a judicial consultant. Shame, shame, shame.”

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