Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has tackled Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for announcing that he met about N600 billion in the state coffers after the lifting of the emergency rule.
Wike spoke on Saturday during a Special Christmas Carol event organised by his supporters in the state.
Wike noted that after Fubara announced what he met in the state coffers, politicians who have been hanging around started visiting Rivers state to criticise him so as to collect part of the state resources.
“If you have experience in Nigerian politics, Nigerian politicians like Rivers money. I can tell you that. Go and study it,” he said.
“If you want to make money in Rivers today, I don’t know how you made the mistake of announcing that there is N600 billion. By announcing that, it had made some politicians in other states… I know them.
“They (politicians) will now tell somebody (referring to Fubara) here and say, ‘this Wike, enough is enough; Wike’s time has finished,’ and they will collect (referring to Rivers funds).
“For you to be able to suck that N600 billion, you must say, ‘Wike’s time is over.’ That N600 billion you said opened the whole thing. Everyday they print in one front page and say, ‘they adopt so and so person’, they collect.
“Everybody who comes to Rivers state today must say, ‘the president is happy with you,’ and they collect.”
Recently, Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA), led a federal government delegation to Rivers state as part of the peace efforts to resume oil operations in Ogoniland.
During the visit, Ribadu told Fubara that President Bola Tinubu is happy with him.
