Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has slammed the former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, describing him as a ‘General Overseer’ who has turned the state into his private estate.
Top Society reports that Wike, while speaking at the Special Thanksgiving Service organized by Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, at the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Oro-Igwe/Eliogbolo Archdeaconry Church of the Holy Spirit, Eliozu Parish, Port Harcourt on Sunday, reacted to Odili’s accusations of capturing the state as a ‘private estate’.
The former Rivers governor had said that Fubara summoned unusual fortitude to confront Wike’s quest of capturing the state through ferocious but unnecessary political war.
Responding, Wike, through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, issued a statement saying Odili’s wife and children hold high-level positions in the state.
He said, “Between him and myself, who has turned Rivers State to his personal estate? His wife is a Chairman of Governing Council, his daughter is a commissioner, his other daughter is a judge and he is the general overseer.
“Who has now turned Rivers State to his private estate? I am sure if care is not taken, if there is a chance, he can even arrange a marriage for the governor.
“It was his nephew, his late senior brother’s son, that was recommended for commissioner. He took the slot and gave it to his own daughter.
“Someone who didn’t remember to stand for the son of his late elder brother, is that an elder statesman?”
Meanwhile, Wike also boasted that he restored the political fortunes of former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili.
According to Wike, Odili couldn’t come near the corridors of power when Rotimi Amaechi was the Rivers State Governor.
The FCT Minister added, however, that when he became the Rivers State Governor in 2015, he was able to bring Odili back to life politically.
“Must you be a trader all the time? As governor for eight years, what else are you looking for? You know, I didn’t want to say anything. But somebody called me last night, and told me what someone said in the social media. I said until I read it myself. This morning, I read in the newspapers, what our former Governor, Sir Dr Peter Odili said.
“In 2007 after he left office, he couldn’t come near power in the State because Amaechi was the governor then. He was gone! Like somebody said that God will use someone to lift up someone. When I came in as governor in 2015, I won’t use the word resurrected, but I brought him back to life,” Wike said, according to a statement by his media aide, Lere Olayinka.
