…Urges Tinubu To Call Wike To Order
The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has said the Rivers State Governor Similaye Fubura, was being haunded by his political opponents for daring to prevent the looting of the state.
He explained that the political
crisis in the state was orchestrated by those who demand unfettered access to
the finances of the state a demand the governor has refused to accept.
Secondus who spoke in Abuja, on
Saturday, also accused the immediate past Governor of the state and now
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of being the brain
behind Fubura’s political troubles.
He explained that Wike’s
conduct, utterances and unrelenting fued with the governor, has cast the state
in bad light.
Secondus said, “Wike has been
Governor for eight years and is now Minister of the FCT. As Minister, what, has
he (Wike) attracted in terms of Federal projects to our dear State since he
assumed office? Perhaps misery, grief, and anguish. As Governor he had
supervised the exit of investors from the state due to his draconian policies.
“He had on an occasion
mentioned that he is capable of causing crisis and he is not far from the
truth, as he is causing an unfathomable crisis in Rivers State.
“Mrs Patience Jonathan and I
worked for his emergence as governor, have we ever breathed down his neck?
Instead what we get is disrespect and insults.
“ I can attest to Dr. Odili’s
performance as Governor being the State PDP chairman then. I hasten to say
without any fear of contradiction that he is the best governor of Rivers State
in this dispensation.
“Wike claims that our revered
Dr. Odili made him but in his characteristic manner, he publicly ridiculed the
Odili’s without any justification. He owes them an unreserved apology and he
should do so publicly.
“These media attacks against
the political leaders of Rivers State are unwarranted and diversionary.
“For the records you should
account for the three hundred million dollars($300m) you collected from the
NNPC for the Ogoni Oil well and the cash refund made by the Saipem oil and gas
company and subsequently account for your eight-year tenure of over N4Trillion
realized, mismanaged and squandered. Rather than trying to cover your
inadequacies through media attacks.”
These attacks, he stressed,
might dovetail into a national crisis if not properly checked.
While appealing to President
Bola Tinubu to reign in the FCT minister, Secondus added, “I call on President
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to prevail on the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to stop
overheating the Rivers State political atmosphere and allow Fubara to work.
Whatever Wike thinks he is It must be stressed that Rivers people made him.”
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