Wike Apologies Over Rivers Women Walkout On First Lady

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has questioned the sincerity of the recent reconciliation attempt by Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers State.

Mr. Fubara recently went to his predecessor, Mr. Wike, at his home in Abuja to plead for peace amidst their political rivalry.

The governor was suspended, an emergency was declared, and Ibok-Ete Ibas was appointed as the state’s only administrator as a result of their conflict.

This publication was informed by sources that Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of Ogun State, and Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State escorted Mr. Fubara to Mr. Wike’s home.

“Fubara was brought to the minister’s house on Friday, 18 April. He prostrated for Wike while holding his legs and calling him, ‘My Oga’,” one of the sources had said.

Wike on women Protest in Rivers

On Friday, dozens of women, walked out on Theresa Ibas, wife of the Rivers Sole Administrator, Mr Ibas, during an Empowerment Programme organised by Nigerian First Lady, Remi Tinubu.

The drama started when Mrs Ibas was introduced as a representative of Mrs Tinubu which caused the women to flare up and demanded that Governor Fubara’s wife should represent the first lady instead.

Mr Wike, in a statement on Saturday by his spokesperson Lere Olayinka, condemned the incident, describing it as “sponsored.”

“(An) insult on anyone representing the First Lady of Nigeria in an event is a direct insult to the office of the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and as a leader in Rivers State, I apologise,” Mr Olayinka quoted Mr Wike as saying.

The FCT minister, according to the statement, asked Mr Fubara to demonstrate honesty by being bold enough to tell President Tinubu, “what exactly he (Fubara) wanted, rather than saying something today, and doing another thing tomorrow.”

“It is not enough to be visiting people to plead for peace. Those who genuinely want peace work and act for it,” Mr Wike said, apparently referring to Mr Fubara’s visit to his Abuja residence for reconciliation.

“These are the same people pleading for peace, but at the same time doing things that are contrary to what they are pleading for.

“How can you say you want peace and at the same time, you are sponsoring people to insult everyone, including the president and his wife?

“All those shenanigans won’t bring peace, and I am sure they know that, because they are not sincere with their up and down pleadings for peace.

“As for me and those who subscribe to my leadership, we condemn in totality that yesterday’s show of shame and we apologise to our First Lady for the embarrassing conduct of those few women who do not represent the characters and ideals of the people of Rivers State.”

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