By Yusuf Mutiu-Olaitan
August 21st, 2024
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has fired back at Chief Edwin Clark, that the Minister is using the advantage of his relationship with President Tinubu to scare Sim Fubara.
Chief Edwin Clark, in an open letter, had urged PDP to sack the former Governor of Rivers State from the party.
Wike, however, fired back and asked Sim Fubara to face the crisis and stop complaining, because it’s what makes a leader.
While addressing the media to mark his one year in office as FCT Minister, Wike revealed: “I don’t know the party Chief Clark belongs to, but in 2014 when I came out to run, he said no because its the turn of the Ijaws.
“He said nothing will make me to win but to the glory of God I won.
“I wasn’t a bad person when i championed for an Ijaw man to be governor but I have become a bad person because there are issues. There is nothing Clark has not said but I vowed never to respond.
“He spoke about southern President which I supported, he spoke about power rotation to the South; which I believed in. So, what crime have I committed?
“In leadership, everything must not be smooth; I had my own crisis when I was there. Did I blame anybody? I faced the crisis squarely. When I was there you all saw what the Federal Government did to me. Did I accuse any ethnic group? No.
“If you are in a leadership position, you should be able to stand and face the crisis, that’s what politics is all about. Sometimes it will be good and other times it won’t be rosy.”
Sen. Wike and Governor Fubara have been at loggerheads over the control of the party and state resources in Rivers.