According to Emmanuel Igbini, a former Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate for governor of Delta State, Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), will support Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s bid for a second term in 2027.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, has been at odds with Fubara, his political son and successor. Their disagreement had led to the burning down of the Rivers State House of Assembly and attempts to remove the current governor from office.
However, Igbini, a Wike ally, stated in a statement on Tuesday that the FCT Minister would not back down from his promise to see to it that his political son leads the state for eight years, even in the face of disagreement.
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The former gubernatorial candidate assured Fubara that Wike would back his re-election and he should not allow himself to be deceived by anyone.
He said: “Nyesom Wike will not and will never renege on his decision and determination to see that Governor Fubara emerged as governor and continues as governor of Rivers State for uninterrupted two terms of eight years (May 29, 2023 – May 29, 2031), not minding that Wike rightly feels heartbroken right now by few political misjudgment of Fubara.
“My dear brother, former Governor Wike is a man I have several times described and continue to describe as a good and kind-hearted man to others. He is not a man to betray others. He is a man who, when convinced, will put his life on the line to defend others.
“He stays committed to his pledge to others no matter the storm that may come, even when he is betrayed by those whom he sacrificed for.
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“Therefore, let nobody mislead my brother, Governor Fubara, to believing that former governor, Wike, will work against him being governor of our Rivers State for the next eight years.”
Meanwhile, clergymen and other people have entered the dispute between Wike and Fubara, according to State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Desmond Akawor.
Speaking during a meeting at the PDP’s Port Harcourt party office with members of the State Executive Committee and LGA party chairpersons, Akawor predicted that the conflict between the governor and the minister would be settled quickly, characterising it as a typical political occurrence between two people.
He said: “We may see the atmosphere in the state as disturbing. No, it is a normal thing in life. It is only what God has done that has perfection.
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“There is crisis, but the important thing is the ability to solve the problem. This problem will be settled. The clergy is intervening. At the end of the day, solution will come.”
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