I’m done with Governor Fubara, will be replaced in 2027, Wike vows

Amid endless political crisis from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and which has snowballed into the All Progressives Congress, APC, the former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike said, he’s done with Governor Siminalayi Fubara and vowed to replace him in 2027 general election.

Wike said, he cannot afford to repeat the mistake of supporting Fubara in the next election as he did in the 2023.

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Speaking to his supporters over the weekend in Ahoada Local Government Council of Rivers State, he said, he will singlehandedly pick a successor to replace Fubara.

He revealed that Fubara was a mistake having severally reneged on agreements between them.

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“We will not make the mistake we made in 2023. I want to tell you now, are we going there? No, we are not going there. Are you hearing me? We are not going there.”

“As far as Rivers state is concerned, nobody will call me because you had a first agreement, somebody reneged; the second agreement, he reneged. Which one will he accept again? We would not make that mistake again,” he added.

Commenting on the popular “on your mandate” slogan for Fubara, Wike mocked.

“Now, because opposition has collapsed, everybody is now shouting ‘on your mandate’. Why don’t you shout ‘on your mandate’ since? We have been shouting ‘on your mandate’ since,” he stated.

According to him, Fubara’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC wasn’t not protection for him or a guarantee for his re-election, adding that his loyalty to President Tinubu does not extend to Fubara.

“I never hide it as far as Bola Ahmed Tinubu is concerned. There is nothing to think about. He has to complete his eight years because he has shown Rivers state love,” he said.

“Who would ever believe it in this world that a Rivers man would be a minister of FCT?” Wike added.

He said chanting “on your mandate” would not translate into an automatic ticket.

“So, if you like, shout ‘on your mandate’ 50 times a day, it will not give you an automatic ticket,” he said.
“If you like, bring everybody, shout ‘on your mandate’; that is not an automatic ticket,” he added.

Wike said he is not opposed to Tinubu but will insist on installing someone he can trust in Rivers state.
“We are not opposing Mr President, but in Rivers state, you go no say ‘kaki no be leather’,” he said.

“We will get somebody we can trust, go home, and sleep with our eyes closed,” Wike added.

The minister said politics is driven by interests and gratitude.

“Politics is about interest. If you don’t appreciate what people have done in your life, then you have a problem,” he said.

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