Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has pledged never to support Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers State, News About Nigeria reports.
The former governor of Rivers said this when he appeared as a guest on ‘Politics Today’, an interview programme on Channels Television on Tuesday.
“I will never support Fubara again in my political life. I won’t do that. Everyone knows me,” he said.
Wike said he sacrificed a lot for Fubara to become Rivers governor in the 2023 elections, adding that he could not have won the election in the state without his support.
The minister also accused Fubara of telling lies against him after he was elected as Rivers governor.
“I will never support Fubara again in my political life. I won’t do that. Everyone knows me,” Wike said.
“That is why people should know me. I’m not a man who does things with my left hand. Everybody knows that.
“People laboured to put up a structure. You won’t have even taken the fifth position. People laboured and sacrificed. I sacrificed to talk to the Ogoni people.
“I sacrificed to talk to several people. Let us go this way (support Fubara). You turned it into that I’m asking for N20 billion, and N100 billion. You told lies against me. I brought you up, put you here and there.”
In May, Wike expressed regrets about supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara to succeed him as the governor of Rivers State.
The two politicians have been embattled for long, the crisis reached its height when a Rivers High Court restrained lawmakers loyal to Wike from parading themselves as members of the state assembly.
