Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has labelled Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders who are currently backing Governor Siminalayi Fubara as “political buccaneers”.
This comes after Rivers State PDP leaders Abiye Sekibo, former PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus, former governorship candidate Celestine Omehia, and former legislator Austin Opara proclaimed their support for Fubara and urged President Bola Tinubu to caution Wike.
In a conversation with reporters on Tuesday, April 2, Wike asserted that the so-called PDP elders are all expired politicians who are unfit to be named “elder statesmen.” He further claimed that he booted them out of the PDP and argued that Secondus was no longer a member of the party after his suspension was upheld by the court.
Wike “The other day, I saw a political conference organised by transactional politicians. Political vampires, political buccaneers.”
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When the journalist corrected the minister that those he referred to were elder statesmen, Wike said; “Do you know who is called an elder stateman? An elder statesman is someone who must have integrity; who must not be here today and be there tomorrow. Today, they are not only serving a boy but they are waiting for him on the road. Do they have integrity? The same people who said this governor was a neophyte, how can they bring themselves to support him? They wrote a petition when this governor wanted to collect his certificate in PDP, they carried a rumour on how he became chairman and that he is being looked for by EFCC. They said he was not coming to PDP national secretariat but they were surprised that the governor went to the PDP secretariat.
“He (Fubara) wants to be on his own with these political vampires who are always sucking. My pity for them. They are calling Nigerians to support Tinubu. That me, I am a selfish person. All of them were in power but what did they do for their people?”
Wike also revealed that “political differences” had strained his relationship with ex-governor Peter Odili, as they are now in opposing political groups. He questioned when Odili rose to the status of “revered leader” among Rivers State PDP leaders.
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