Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the folks of Rivers State is not going to repeat previous political errors forward of the 2027 common elections.
Wike made the comment on Tuesday throughout a go to to Khana Local Government Area, the place he stated political actions would start in January 2026 and warned residents in opposition to making selections they may later remorse.
“We won’t make mistake again. The first one you have done – have they said thank you?” Wike requested the gang, which responded within the unfavorable.
“So, if you make another mistake, that means they will drive you out,” he added.
Although Wike didn’t point out Governor Siminalayi Fubara by title, the remark gave the impression to be a veiled reference to the continuing political rift between each males.
Fubara, who succeeded Wike as governor in 2023, has presided over a deeply divided political surroundings in Rivers State, together with his administration entangled in a protracted energy wrestle over the management of the state’s political construction. The disaster later escalated right into a constitutional standoff that culminated within the declaration of a state of emergency and his suspension.
Wike additional acknowledged that political alignment within the state would now not be based mostly on get together affiliation however on collective curiosity, declaring that Rivers now operates underneath what he described because the “Renewed Hope” political household.
“For us, there’s nothing like APC or PDP; what we have is Renewed Hope. We’re not voting based on party but on the fact that we belong to one political family, which is the Renewed Hope family,” he stated.
In a serious political improvement, Fubara defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in early December, reportedly rising because the get together’s chief within the state.
However, talking throughout an end-of-year media parley in Port Harcourt on Monday, Wike dismissed the defection as belated and politically insignificant, insisting that management inside a celebration is set by construction and grassroots management, not by workplace or symbolism.
“Defecting to another party does not make you the leader,” Wike stated.
“When you say you are joining a party, you must have something to offer.”
“There’s nothing like 001. You register in your ward. If you are 001, it’s only in your ward. That is not leadership.”
Wike additionally argued that Fubara’s defection didn’t alter the political stability in Rivers State, noting that 22 native authorities chairmen and greater than half of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly had joined the APC earlier than the governor’s transfer.
“He decamped with who?” Wike requested. “Leadership is not because you are a governor or a minister. Leadership is about what you bring to the table.”
