FCT minister’s associate warns Gov Fubara ‘‘Order your men to stop insulting Wike or we’ll deal with you’’.

Tension is brewing in Rivers State as Bright Amaewhule, a loyalist of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, warned the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over alleged insults directed towards Wike.

Amaewhule, who spoke on behalf of the Grassroot Development Initiative a group loyal to Wike at the inauguration of the Nyesom Wike International Market, Omagwa, Rivers State, on Friday, accused Fubara and his supporters of insulting Wike on various occasions, including during thanksgiving celebrations for Fubara’s Supreme Court victory.

The peace pact reached between Fubara and his predecessor, the estranged political godfather, Wike, when President Bola Tinubu intervened in October 2023, collapsed due to the growing political unrest in the wealthy gas and crude oil state.

Wike, during a media chat in Abuja on April 2, ruled out any reconciliation in the foreseeable future with Fubara.

Fubara, on his part, broke his silence on April 3, as he promised to surprise his detractors if they dared him, referring to those stampeding him to implement all the items in the eight-point presidential proclamation.

However, Amaewhule, a loyalist to Wike, speaking on Friday said, “You have been insulting your boss, the immediate governor of the Rivers State. You have given him names and allowed riff-raffs to insult him on different occasions in your so-called thanksgiving for your Supreme Court victory.”

He further emphasised that the Supreme Court victory belonged not only to Fubara but to all Rivers people, including those who worked to secure his position as governor.

“That Supreme Court victory is not only for you. The Supreme Court victory is for Rivers people. We all worked for you, and the PDP, for you to be where you are today,” he stated.

Amaewhule warned that if the insults towards Wike and President Bola Tinubu continue, the Wike’s loyalist group would retaliate.

“If you don’t stop, if you don’t stop, we will come after you. We are not afraid. We are not afraid. That Government House does not only belong to you, it belongs to Rivers people,” he said.

The GDI spokesperson also reminded Fubara of Wike’s role in his ascension to power, saying, “All of us fought for you to be there, and Wike fought for you to be there. So if you want to continue to insult Wike, be prepared, you will run. You will run.”

Amaewhule further criticised Fubara’s background, claiming he was merely a civil servant without the political experience and sacrifices made by others.

“You’re just a civil servant, you’re not a politician. You have not paid any price that we have paid in the past,” he stated.

Amaewhule further stated, “From tomorrow, we will be observing your supporters, we will be observing your followers. Any further attempts to insult the president of Nigeria, to insult our grand patron, Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, then be ready for war, and you will pay the price.”

The Niger Delta Development Commission and the administration of the Executive Chairman of the Ikwerre Local Government Council, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, partnered to build the Wike International Market and Motor Park Omagwa in the Ikwerre Local Government Area.

On Friday, April 26, the market was inaugurated by Wike, who was represented by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, O. K. Chinda.