The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday disclosed why he worked for the ouster of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus.
He revealed that he (Secondus) never wanted Siminalayi Fubara to be the state governor.
Wike made the disclosure when he spoke as a special guest of honour at an end of year thanksgiving organised on Thursday by the PDP stakeholders in Ahoada East and Ahoada West at Ukpata community in Ekpeye Kingdom.
The Minister disclosed that he kicked Secondus out of office as the PDP National Chairman because he hatched a plot to make his cousin and former deputy governor, Tele Ikuru, Rivers governor in place of Siminalayi Fubara.
He called Celestine Omehia an imbecile for saying that he had attracted nothing to Rivers as a minister.
He said Omehia was stopped from becoming a governor of Rivers through the backdoor, adding that the PDP chieftain lacked knowledge of the functions of an FCT Minister.
He said though he could not bring infrastructural projects to Rivers as the FCT Minister, he has been helping Rivers people.
Wike added that no governor had attracted more appointments to his state than him in the present administration of President Bola Tinubu.
“I heard Secondus said the other day in Bori, I awarded the Bori Internal Road. I paid 50 per cent, and thinking that we have a governor that we all agreed to continue, Secondus was saying that his enemies; who are the enemies of the governor? Secondus that refused him to be governor.
“I kicked out Secondus as PDP chairman when he wanted to make his cousin Tele Ikuru to be governor. Today, he is saying now that we are enemies.
“He was the one who refused the man to be governor. He wanted his cousin to be governor.
“He has now become the governor’s friend and we have now become the enemies. To God be the glory,” he said.
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On Omehia, Wike said: “He said they should ask me what have I done for Rivers State. That is why I say he is an imbecile.
“I am not a minister of a ministry, I am a minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
“When I was Minister of Education, he would have challenged me: ‘what did you bring to Rivers State?’
“As Minister of Education, I brought Faculty of Law to University of Port Harcourt. I gave grants to Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, I gave grant to Ignatius Ajuru University, I made sure Federal government College, Port Harcourt, Federal Government Girls College, Abuloma; I renovated them to be what a school is supposed to be.
“That is what I thought he should be asking me. Now I am the minister of the FCT, I cannot bring road to Rivers State, I cannot take FCT money to Rivers State but I can help Rivers people. And I have been helping Rivers people.
“Let it be on record that by the instrumentality of Mr President, there is no governor in this state that attracted more political appointments in this state than myself. Go and count it.
“By the instrumentality of Mr President by his grace, by his love for us, he said, go and give me these names for political appointments.
“So, Mr Omehia, are you not aware that Rivers people have more political appointments than even when you are serving somebody? Are you not aware?
“Today, they thought because they have collected what you suffered for, therefore you will die of hunger. You will not die, will you die? You will not die.
“We have been helping Rivers people and we will continue to help Rivers people.”
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