Wike mocks Fubara’s camp for choosing APP

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chief Nyesom Wike has ridiculed the camp of the Rivers Governor Siminialayi Fubara, for choosing the All Peoples Party (APP) as their preferred political party platform amidst the ongoing crisis rocking the State.

Wike wondered when Rivers degenerated to the level of having the APP as its political party.

The former Rivers Governor spoke on Saturday during a civic reception organised by the Ijaw people in Rivers State in the Amadi-Ama, Abuloma, Okirika Local Government Area, to honour him.

The reception put together by stakeholders under the auspices of the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress (RIPCO) attracted Ijaw leaders, traditional rulers, politicians among others from Ijaw dominated local government areas of Rivers.

Ijaw cultural dance troupes and wrestling groups were in display to welcome Wike, whom they said Ijaw would eternally remain grateful to for producing from among them a governor and influencing the appointments of their sons and daughters at the federal level.

The FCT Minister was accompanied by the Petroleum Minister, State, Heineken Lokpobiri; Adamawa Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri; former Governors and members of the G5, Samuel Ortom, Benue; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu and Okezie Ikpeazu, among others.

Wike slammed his detractors especially the Fubara’s camp for opting for the APP as their alternative political party.

He said: “Imagine in Rivers they are contemplating of APP. It is not about money. Money does not move. You can have all the money but if there is no capacity there is no capacity.

“All the things you see are people envious of our growth. We have defeated them severally and if opportunity comes again we will defeat them

“We have not started politics, when the time comes we will play politics. Our job is politics. Tell them to keep their party ready. We will teach them what is called politics”.

Wike, who called all House of Assembly members representing Ijaw extraction to join him on the stage, said out of 12 of them 10 were supporting the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule.

He said the 10 were against the alleged abuse of the constitution and non-performance of the governor.

He said, “It is an interesting occasion. Why they honoured me. Many people go and speak on TV as if they are representing Ijaw. Ten Ijaw lawmakers out of 12 are saying that the governor has done infractions of the Constitution.

“These are people representing Ijaw in the Assembly and they are saying that he is not doing well. If anybody tells you that Ijaw people are fighting me. It is not true. It is just few ungrateful Ijaw people.

“If a father has 12 children one can be an armed robber, does it mean all of them are armed robbers?”

Wike described the crisis period in Rivers as a time for some people to enrich themselves adding that such persons see the state government as a big market.