According to Asukuwe Ikoawaji, a member of the Rivers State Elders Forum, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, is not the king of Rivers State.
The former governor of Rivers State made a comment that said true leadership would show when the time was perfect, which sparked this response.
The claim has raised rumours that there may be a fresh round of political realignment.
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Wike made the claim on Saturday while paying a visit to Chief Victor Giadom, the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, sparking rumours of yet another political realignment.
“Forget about these hungry noisemakers on the road. When the time comes, we will know who is in charge and who is not in charge. There is a time for everything.
“This is not time for politics. When the time comes, we will know who is who. If you like, abuse me as you want. If you like, employ everybody on social media. I have never bothered myself one day to know who is abusing me.
“Politics will come. We didn’t contest elections based on social media. We spoke to the people; they listened and believed in us,” Wike said.
However, Ikoawaji said that Wike does not possess political authority in Rivers State during his interview on Monday’s Morning on Arise Television, arguing that there is no dominant figure in place.
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“It’s not true. And I’m saying it with all amount of authority, Wike is not the political king of Rivers State.
“Life is turn by turn. If you think today is your turn, tomorrow will be another person’s turn.
“There was a time people talk more than anybody that is talking today. But where are they today?
“Everybody has a right to say what he wants to say; in Nigeria you have a freedom of speech. But when the time comes, like I have said in a previous interview, the Rivers people will decide.
“Nobody today can say ‘I own Rivers State’.
“The Rivers people will decide when the time comes, no single person amongst six million Rivers people can say ‘I am in charge’. Nobody is in charge. Everybody has a right to say what he wants to say. This is a democracy.”
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