I won’t go down alone – Wike

Some aides and close associates of Chief (Barr) Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State has expressed fears over what they referred to as the “uncharitable threats” by the Governor. Governor Wike who is said to be troubled by the spate of defections that is on-going in his party, the People’s Democratic Party in Rivers State has issued a threat while meeting with selected members of the PDP leadership. Worried about the defection he said:

“Everybody is running away to APC and they expect me to stay calm and suffer the brunt alone. It will never happen. We were in it together and we must suffer together. If they say I stole money in the Ministry of Education, I didn’t eat it alone. All of you took part. Some of you built the Alma Jiri Schools, some built the Unity Schools, some supplied books, others supervised projects. I have my proofs. Today everybody is shouting Wike killed to get to power. Did I as a person kill any Rivers man, no. They were killed in your LGAs by your boys. Now all of you are planning to run to APC for protection. I called you here today to inform you that I won’t accept that. I must fight back. If I go down, everybody goes down”

“Chief Awuse is now comfortable meeting with Andrew Uchendu. He does not remind us anymore of how Andrew Uchendu fought against him. Rather he has all of a sudden realized that Andrew Uchendu is Godfather to his son. See Ogiri. He is now running around Emeka Beke and sending people to Dakuku. Everyone wants to play safe, even madam. Nobody is talking; nobody wants to be on our side any more. I will fight oh. You see the way Dasuki did his, that is exactly what l will do. I will name all of you one after another.”

One of the sources from Emohua Local Government Area who was also at the meeting said the “Governor has become very desperate and feels that blackmail, intimidation and threats can keep people around him. He is forgetting that Rivers people are not moved by those antics. Most of us that supported him and the PDP did so because of President Goodluck Jonathan and that made us shut our eyes to the dynamics of Rivers politics. Unfortunately President Jonathan didn’t win, so Wike should know that other factors will now set in, which is that two, three Ikwerre persons cannot govern Rivers State in succession: Omehia, Amaechi and now Wike. Unfortunately, all the odds are against him right now and I have told him that in private. I have personally told him as a friend that the best I can do for him is standby until the Supreme Court speak and after that, I will be gone. To keep Wike as Governor after Amaechi will be injustice to the  riverine section of the State and he knows that. Even God will condemn it”

Idaye Horsfall

Culled from Revelon Newspapers