Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has told his estranged political godson and current governor of Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara that his (Fubara) administration does not have the monopoly of violence in the state.
Wike further bragged that all his political enemies put together could not fight him, maintaining that “he is too big for that.”
The minister spoke in Port Harcourt on Saturday during a reception organised in his honour by the Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress.
Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had declared their support for Governor Fubara of Rivers State with whom Wike had been in a political battle.
But Wike, who was accompanied to the reception by former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, former Governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu, and David Umahi with host of other dignitaries lampooned the PDP governors.
He said, “It is not true that the Ijaw people are fighting me. A father may have twelve children; one can be an armed robber. These people that are going to television to attack me, where were they when we made an Ijaw governor? Nobody is fighting me. I am too big-far too big for anybody to fight. All these people put together cannot fight me.
“Let nobody threaten anybody; all those threats are empty. Soon we will know who is relevant. I said nobody will take over the structure of the party. You can have all the money; if it didn’t dey, it didn’t dey.”
He added, “I told them if you put your hand in Rivers State matters, fire will burn you.
Today, they are crying everywhere. Instead of them to concentrate on how to win elections in their states, they were busy having meetings in Enugu and Taraba states. Who is losing now?”
The former governor cautioned politicians outside the state to stay clear of Rivers State politics, noting that “Rivers State is very special to me.”
“They sent some boys to come and bomb this place with dynamite. They were arrested by the police. You are encouraging crime in Rivers State. Nobody has the monopoly of violence. We cannot turn investors away from our state through violence,” he said.
Sahara Reporters
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