* Turns tirade at Omehia, Rivers monarchs
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has bragged how he single-handedly removed Prince Uche Secondus as National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
Wike made the claim when he featured as special guest of honour during the end of year thanksgiving organised on Thursday by the PDP stakeholders in Ahoada East and Ahoada West at Ukpata community in Ekpeye Kingdom.
He also chastised Celestine Omehia for saying that he had attracted nothing to Rivers as a minister.
The thanksgiving was organised by a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Chibudum Nwuche; Chairman, Rivers State PDP Elders’ Council, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba; members of House of Representatives from the area, Solomon Bob and Victor Obuzor, and member of the State House of Assembly, Dame Queen Williams.
Wike claimed 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 State governor in place of Siminalayi Fubara.
He said Celestine Omehia was stopped from becoming governor of Rivers through the backdoor, adding that the PDP chieftain lacks knowledge of the functions of an FCT Minister.
Wike said although he could not bring infrastructural projects to Rivers State as the FCT Minister, he has been helping the people.
Wike added that no governor has 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.”
On Omehia, Wike said: “He said they should ask me what I have done for Rivers State. That is why I say he is an … (curse word).
“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 me. 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.”
He queried the characters of people occupying traditional stools in Ekpeye land, saying they lack integrity.