Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has said that he does not regret supporting Bola Tinubu to become the President of Nigeria.
The minister, who spoke at a luncheon he held for members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Saturday, said, “In fact, most of you do not understand the fight that is going on. Do you think it is these people here? No.
“Let me tell you what is going on. I have no regret at all and we have no regret at all for supporting President Bola Tinubu. I have no regret about it.
“All these things you are seeing by Atiku’s group, Peter Obi’s group, and some PDP governors that believe that I am a problem to them. And I will continue to be a problem to them.
“In fact, the Atiku’s group believes that my team and I stopped them from becoming president. We stopped injustice. What we wanted was equity, fairness and justice.”
Wike also had some harsh words for his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara for allegedly disrespecting the former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), OCJ Okocha.
He also chided Fubara for insulting the former chairman of Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council, King Sergeant Awuse, and Chief Ferdinand Anabraba.
The FCT minister stated that Awuse, Anabraba, and Okocha, who he described as the “Three Wise Men”, sacrificed a lot to ensure that Fubara was enthroned as the governor of Rivers State.
Lamenting that one of the “Wise Men”, Okocha, was insulted by the governor, he said, “On Thursday, another “Wise Man” (referring to OCJ Okocha), was insulted. When the Wise Man was called to the Bar, this man (Fubara) was not even in primary school. This man (Fubara) insulted a PhD holder.
“I am happy that I’m not the only one this man (Fubara) has shown ingratitude to. He has shown it to the Wise Men.”
He added that “One of the Wise Men (Awuse) was removed as the chairman of Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council when he was in a coma when he was looking for help.”
The minister recalled that some time ago, Fubara, on national television, described the three aforementioned elder statesmen as wise men, who stood for his emergence as governor of the state.
“The Wise Men are now turned upside down. Yes, he also turned them upside down. It is unfortunate in life, if you’re a bad man, you’re a bad man,” he concluded.
