An Ijaw chief in Rivers, David Briggs, is demanding an unreserved apology from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, following his feedback in opposition to the Ijaw ethnic group throughout a current media chat.
Briggs, a former Commissioner for Works underneath Governor Peter Odili and present Chairman of the Rivers State Common Fundamental Schooling Board, made the demand throughout a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Thursday night time.
Briggs, who hails from Akuku-Toru Native Authorities Space within the Kalabari area, accused Wike of being ungrateful to the Ijaw individuals, stating that with out them, he wouldn’t have risen politically.
“With out Ijaw, Wike is nothing. And he can not chunk the finger that fed him,” he declared.
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He traced Wike’s political ascendancy to the assist he acquired from the Ijaw individuals, notably throughout his time as a neighborhood authorities chairman. He credited Sam Sam Jaja, a outstanding Ijaw chief and former Nationwide Vice Chairman (South-South) of the PDP, for saving Wike’s political profession at a crucial time.
In response to Briggs, Wike’s backing of Governor Siminalayi Fubara was merely a payback for the goodwill of Jaja.
Reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s current feedback in regards to the Rivers political disaster, Briggs expressed disappointment, stating that the President appeared to assist Wike’s disruptive tendencies.
“The precise phrases of the Supreme Courtroom judges have been the identical as what the President mentioned throughout a gathering the place he intervened within the disaster,” he identified.
He accused Tinubu and Wike of sharing an “insatiable want for energy” and alleged that the President thrives on “divide-and-rule techniques,” just like his time as Lagos State Governor.
Briggs additional alleged that Wike intentionally fuels political instability, claiming, “He can not survive the place there’s peace. Wike is not going to permit the Meeting and the Governor to attain peace.”
He additionally predicted that “sooner or later, Wike will flip in opposition to the President himself.”
In a powerful warning to the Wike-backed Meeting over the decision for the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) to probe RSIEC officers, Briggs suggested them to be cautious, stating, “He who lives in glass homes mustn’t throw stones.”
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