Don’t Take Sides In Rivers Crisis Out of Ignorance – Wike counsels Nigerians

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has advised Nigerians not to take sides in the political crisis in Rivers state out of ignorance, saying reports making the rounds that he is imposing demands in the state are false.

Wike who spoke on Sunday in Port Harcourt, said there is nothing he was looking for in the state.

“Leave blackmail and propaganda, there is nothing I am looking for in the state. The truth would eventually come out,” he added.

“We must tell our people the simple truth. I have done my part and I am happy. I am doing well in Abuja too. There is nothing I am looking for in this state now.

“All of us, irrespective of who we are, should know that Rivers state belongs to all of us irrespective of where you come from.

“When we were choosing who would rule we never shouted Asawana.”

The former governor of Rivers said he didn’t ask President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the political crisis in the state.

He however said while he did not invite Tinubu to resolve the political crisis, the president should, however, be commended for his reconciliatory effort.

“We must thank Mr. President for interfering and intervening but I was not even the one who went to the president to seek his intervention,” Wike said.

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Wike said those who pleaded with Tinubu to intervene in the political turmoil in the south-south state turned around to describe the president’s action as unconstitutional.

“President intervene, president intervene, and president intervened. They are now saying Mr. President has no constitutional power to have intervened,” he said.

“But they were the same people who sought the president’s intervention and he has intervened to bring peace. They are now turning around to say no, the president does not have the constitutional power.”