- Safiu Kehinde
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hit back at former Rivers State governor, Peter Odili, accusing him of turning the state into his personal property.
Wike called out Odili for his alleged influence in his daughter’s appointment as Commissioner as well as his wife’s appointment as the Chairman of the state’s governing council.
The FCT Minister made the accusation while speaking during a thanksgiving service held on Sunday at the Holy Spirit Anglican church, Port Harcourt, in honour of the speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, at Port Harcourt on Sunday.
“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?” Wike had said
This was in reaction to Odili’s remark on him attempting turn Rivers to his private property.
According to reports, Odili had, in his remarks, said the incumbent governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, summoned unusual fortitude to confront Wike’s quest of capturing the state through ferocious but unnecessary political war.