Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory (FFCT), during the inauguration of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors headquarters in Rivers State on Saturday blew hot at elected public officers supporting disloyalty and at the same time seeking to enthrone their successors.
Although, he didn’t mention any name, the former Rivers State governor said that such officers, whatever their position may be, would experience betrayal.
“Whether you’re a senator, rep member, minister, or governor and you support betrayers, people will also betray you in life.”
“Every second term governor who has an ambition to put a successor and is supporting betrayal, you’ll never survive it. From the day your successor comes in…my own took so many months… your own will start immediately the person is inaugurated.”
Wike, who is locked in another round of face off with his political godson and successor Governor Siminalayi Fubara, reaffirmed his commitment and that of his political associates and supporters to the reelection of President Bola Tinubu next year.
Speaking with confidence, Wike said people of Rivers have no need for a governor to mobilise support for the President in 2027.
He lauded the Coordinator of Rivers State Renewed Hope Ambassadors, Desmond Akawor, for his mobilisation drive and said Rivers would work massively for the reelection of the President.
His words: “Desmond Akawor, you have shown enough capacity to mobilise, you have moved to all the nooks and crannies of Rivers to talk about Tinubu for President in 2027.
“I have said before that Rivers State is a no-go area, and I want to say again that this State is totally for Tinubu. We have made sure that all the 23 local governments and zonal coordinators were inaugurated. That day, Nigerians all over the world watched as Rivers State is a no-go area.
“Today, the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Coordinator has also invited us to commission some vehicles that the headquarters of the Secretariat will use and to commission the Secretariat itself.This is the first of its kind in this part of the country.
“I challenge anybody, let them come to Rivers State and learn.Our commitment is not by mouth, our commitment is not by newspaper; ours is by showing, that yes indeed, we are working for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“We don’t need to have a governor to mobilize for Mr. President, we don’t need.We have all it takes to be on our own; we have senators, assembly people, council chairmen, National Assembly members, party chairmen of APC and PDP.
“We have mobilized ourselves to make commitment.If you say you are supporting somebody, there is no need for the person to bring his resources, you have to make commitment and this is what our leaders have done.
“Let me once again thank all of you for your commitment, you are the envy of every other state and they are watching you all over the place.
“In 2023, we came out without anybody pressuring us.Without anybody influencing us, we took a decision.To the glory of God that decision is what we are enjoying today, and whether anybody likes it or not, 2027 when the President has shown interest that he will run, we have no choice than to continue to support Mr President.
“Mr. coordinator, you have to start preparing to inaugurate ward and unit coordinators, it is very important, we must also take it down to the units, to go and talk to our people to continue to support Mr. President, go and see the situation room, go and see the radio station, we are battle ready, there is nothing we can not do because unity is strength.”
Earlier, Akawor, while welcoming the FCT Minister and people of Rivers, praised the Minister for offering leadership to the Rivers State Renewed Hope Ambassadors.
Akawor said he had placed people to man the Renewed Hope Ambassadors movement in all the 23 local governments of Rivers.
