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A former deputy national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has advised President Bola Tinubu to call a former governor of Rivers state and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to order for peace to reign in Rivers state.
Chief George said rhetorics coming from Wike on the Rivers crisis are too inflammatory, dangerous and embarrassing.
Reacting to Wike’s media parley after Tinubu met with Niger Delta leaders and told them to find lasting peace to the political crisis in the oil-producing state, George said Wike’s outburst completely rubbished everything Tinubu tried to achieve.
He said: “Unless the president is not telling us the whole truth, because I don’t know why I will be president and a minister will embarrass my administration publicly that way.
“As a country, Rivers state is the centre of our economic activity and financial strength. What is going on now is not the fastest track to peace. If crisis starts, it will not only affect Wike but everybody. I am talking as a soldier and a General. Wike is talking too much, saying many things at the same time which are not necessary.
“When he was governor for eight years, did he tolerate opposing views? Is it because Governor Fubara is a gentleman that he is trying to rubbish him? He said he helped Fubara to become governor. Is he saying nobody helped him to become governor in 2015? Did he drop from the sky? Somebody made him a council chairman, chief of staff and minister.
“Later, somebody helped him to become governor. Today, somebody helped him to become a minister. So, what exactly is he talking about?
“I watched him and I am still wondering what exactly is Wike trying to achieve by heating the polity. The questions I want to ask Tinubu, based on Wike’s rhetorics, are: ‘Is Wike the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces? Is he the Chief Justice of Nigeria or Chief Judge of Rivers state? Is he the speaker of Rivers state House of Assembly? Does he control all the forces in the state?’
“When he talks, he attributes so much imaginary powers to himself to the extent that people are now confused who exactly is in charge between Tinubu and Wike.
“Has Wike fought a war before? What game exactly is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu playing in this Rivers crisis? What exactly is going on?
“I am raising this alarm because history has taught us that you only know the beginning of a crisis. You don’t know where it will end. “
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