Wike’s Camp Clashes with Fubara Over Reconciliation Claims, Wike Addresses Issues in a Media chat

• 2027: I will lead Tinubu’s campaign – Nyesom Wike
• Wike on Rotimi Amaechi’s 60th birthday Hungry Comments
• I made PDP a major political force, says Wike
• Wike’s Camp Clashes with Fubara Over Reconciliation Claims
  

A chasm has emerged between the camp of Federal Capital Territory Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State’s suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over the latter’s claims of nearing reconciliation.

Fubara recently stated that the peace process aimed at restoring democratic governance in Rivers State was at an advanced stage, assuring stakeholders that both arms of government would soon work together for the state’s progress.

However, Wike’s camp swiftly disputed these claims, describing them as mere “radio and television reconciliation” that lacked substance.

A former Local Government Chairman of Emohua, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, also questioned Fubara’s sincerity, citing his history of saying one thing and doing another. Lloyd advised Fubara to engage in genuine reconciliation by meeting with members of the House of Assembly and other aggrieved stakeholders.

The reconciliation process has been complicated by Fubara’s reported absence of meetings with key stakeholders, including the State Assembly, with whom he has protracted disagreements. Lloyd emphasized the need for tangible actions to demonstrate Fubara’s commitment to peace, rather than verbal assurances.

The dispute highlights the challenges in restoring stability in Rivers State, where President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent intervention has been credited with stabilizing the polity.

As stakeholders await further developments, the question remains whether Fubara’s efforts will yield meaningful reconciliation or merely serve as temporary appeasement.

2027: I will lead Tinubu’s campaign – Nyesom Wike

Meanwhile the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said he will lead President Bola Tinubu’s campaign in 2027.

Wike spoke on Monday in Abuja, suggesting he will lead the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign for the next election.

When asked if he will lead the APC campaign in 2027, Wike said, “I have told you this before, is it because I am in Asiwaju’s presidency?

“Are you not aware I will lead his campaign in Rivers State? You want me to say no?

“Are you not aware that he didn’t get up to 10 per cent here, FCT? But he will win here. Are you not aware?

“Stop asking me questions you know.
“Of course, you know. Is that hidden.

“Because I have said the South must produce the president.”

Wike on Rotimi Amaechi’s 60th birthday Hungry Comments

On Monday, Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, lashed out at former Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who said he is joining the coalition to kick out President Bola Tinubu because he is hungry.

“Talking about Rotimi Amaechi, I don’t know how a man will choose his 60th birthday to tell lies. It is unfortunate. He is hungry…,” Mr Wike said in a media chat on Monday.

He added, Mr Amaechi was “Speaker from 1999 to 2007, Governor from 2007 to 2015, and Minister from 2015 to 2023. He never mentioned hunger during those years. Now suddenly he claims to be hungry? He’s only hungry for power. He joined Atiku and El-Rufai because he is hungry for power. He can’t just stay out of power.”

In a lecture held on his 60th birthday on Saturday, Mr Amaechi, a former minister of transportation, excoriated Mr Tinubu’s government for impoverishing Nigerians with its policies.

“We are all hungry. All of us are. If you are not hungry, I am. So, for us, the opposition, if you want us to remove the man in power — Tinubu — we can remove him from this power,” Mr Amaechi said.

The lecture was attended by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and other opposition politicians planning a coalition to challenge Mr Tinubu in the 2027 election.

I made PDP a major political force, says Wike

On Peoples’ Democratic Party issues the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that he was instrumental in making the Peoples Democratic Party popular and establishing it as a major political force at both national and state levels.

Wike made the remarks during his monthly live media chat in Abuja on Monday.

Responding to criticisms from Chief Bode George, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, over the sealing of the party’s National Secretariat, Wike advised the elder statesman to “sit down in your house and read your newspapers” if he had no occupation.

He explained that neither he nor the party could pay the ground rent because the property was not registered in their names.
“I cannot pay because, first of all, it is not in my name. They cannot pay because the property is not in their name.

“If an elderly man has no job, he should sit at home and read his newspapers. Bode George said PDP made me by giving me a national profile, and I agree. But the party does not make you; you are the one who makes the party win elections.

“Ask Bode George who PDP has made popular in Lagos since 1999? You are speaking to me, someone who has laboured and campaigned for the party to become the major political force at both state and national levels.

“Meanwhile, in his state, the party has been struggling daily. Even when Jonathan was in power, we knew what we did for PDP to take over power, but it did not succeed,” he stated.