By Abu Najakku.

During the few times he was photographed with President Muhammadu Buhari after meetings in Aso Villa, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State had stood far apart from Nigeria’s CEO.

I always told myself that perhaps Wike was doing that to underscore the fact that he wasn’t a favourite of the President, not just because he was a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor but also because he was witch hunting Buhari’s much loved Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

In the last five months, Wike had done everything to nail Amaechi to corruption. First, he said Amaechi had not only looted the treasury but that he and his outgoing officials even carted away government property, including vehicles. Wike had got some elders of the state and taken them to Government House to show them that the place had been stripped of everything, even curtains.

Wike had shouted to high heavens that Amaechi left an empty treasury for him. He told everyone that cared to listen to him that Rotimi Amaechi is corrupt. More embarrassing, Wike had named a Judicial Commission of Inquiry chaired by Justice George Omeregi to examine the sale of Rivers State Turbines and Olympia Hotel and other property by his predecessor. Expectedly, the commission returned a guilty verdict, recommending that Amaechi should be made to refund the billions of Naira he had withdrawn from the Rivers State Reserve Fund after changing the law.

It is not altogether surprising that the Rivers State governorship election tribunal has sacked Nyesom Wike. Most of the objective accounts of what transpired on 11th April, 2015 demonstrated that the gubernatorial election won by Wike wasn’t free and fair. Wike and his sponsors - former Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, Felix Obuah, etc, had treated the election as a do or die affair with the aim of uprooting Amaechi.

Thugs were unleashed on Rivers and they had no qualms spilling blood and spreading fear among voters. On the eve of the election, Rivers State transformed into a murderous ground and almost every day there were bombings and shootings mostly targeted at the opposition. On about three different occasions, the scheduled campaigns of the All Progressives Congress (APC) could not hold due to violence.

Before then, President Jonathan’s wife had allegedly done everything to get Amaechi impeached but all her efforts had failed. At a point she was alleged to have gone to Port Harcourt and stayed for 10 days to engineer the impeachment of Amaechi. During the period, the road leading to the government house occupied by Amaechi was barricaded for the comfort of Patience Jonathan and to show the governor that “power pass power.” Evans Bipi, her kinsman, claimed that he had been elected speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly. He was going to serve as the arrowhead in the removal of Amaechi by conducting his own legislative sitting but the majority of the members of the House of Assembly remained adamant and refused to cooperate with Bipi and his sponsors. Following from the bloodshed, the Rivers State House of Assembly was shut down.

In this fresh election demanded by the Tribunal, all the odds are against Nyesom Wike. There is no partisan Police Commissioner called Joseph Mbu who will intimidate the opposition and give free reign to the thuggery and rascality of the Wike supporters. Secondly, there are no slush funds to pay for the PDP campaigns. Thirdly, it is doubtful if the good people of Rivers will again vote for Wike and follow him on the path of vendetta. The people of Rivers may want to retrace their steps and embrace change by voting for APC to see whether their fortunes will improve.

Wike acts more like a thug than a decent politician. He has come as far as he can, five months as governor, that’s all. Wike has no track records of personal or official achievements he can point to. His ministerial sojourn at the Federal Ministry of Education was nothing but a disaster. The ministry was much bigger than him and I am sure that in no time, his tour of duty there will be scrutinised.

In that case, he will have tough questions to answer. Sometimes ago, a young lady wrote to me complaining that several months after Wike’s Ministry of Education had employed them as teachers in the unity schools, they had not been paid their salaries. Wike had staked his little reputation on the wellbeing of the federal government colleges but the current situation in these schools does not justify the huge amount of money said to have been spent on them.

Wike’s promise to complete on-going projects also turned out to be a hoax; the National Library headquarters building, among others, which he had repeatedly assured the country, would be put to use while he was minister of education is yet to be finished.

Rivers State is too strategic for this government; I can’t see APC leaving it in the hands of the PDP. His visit to CJN has not paid off. It is the end of the road for Nyesom Wike and his desperate sponsors.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/opinion/end-of-the-road-for-nyesom-wike/116540.html

hmmmmm

To me ....it more of beginning of the road....a rough and hard road. How bumpy the ride will be for him!!!

Do good for good to come your way

Wike was fighting the wrong battle(Amaechi).

Wike is now more important to hausa people than boko haram.

I believe Wike will win a rerun

Nice one.

I hope the good people of Rivers will see beyond Dakuku's boss, Amaechi being a 'Judas' when electing who will govern them in the rerun. Enough of that Nonsense.

Wike has won already
Igbos are the majority in Rivers state
Viva PDP

The final straw was the sacking of 20 house of assembly members yesterday all PDP, like this writer opined, Rivers is too strategic to be left in the hands of the opposition, (please don't mention Lagos, it was also too strategic to be seeded to the then Federal Government) Wike should just forget it, APC can't come this far to the point of getting a rerun, and not want do everything in going further and win the rerun.

After several visits to CJN, pastors (rubbing his smooth bar head), shouting to high heavens, with mama peace anointing, thuggery, blackmailing Amaechi, more of a thug than a gentleman, threatened ASUU wt his ogogoro talk, not paying salaries of teachers, empty promises of completion of projects...etc.

In Summary

Wike is Wicked.

No, he is wrong.

End of the road for APC in South South and South East.

Period!

The eediot got fraudulent mandate.

Instead of pretending to be normal till election tribunal is over, he was showing the thuggery in him.

Wike is a fool. he should have let amaechi be. Now that he has wake the sleeping dog, he should better put it to sleep back or else doom awaits him.

Wike is sweating. He hasn't said anything about the corruption against Ameachi recently. While he's busy trying to save himself from drowning Ameachi is soaring high. This is what delights me the most. May God occupy my enemies with problem so they won't even have time to persecute me

midolian:
Nice one.

I hope the good people of Rivers will see beyond Dakuku's boss, Amaechi being a 'Judas' when electing who will govern them in the rerun. Enough of that Nonsense.

Go and bring your brothers from the north to come and vote Dakuku na... That's the only way he can win.

bugzbunny:
Wike has won already
Igbos are the majority in Rivers state
Viva PDP

igbos dey vote?no be only noise dem sabi?wike as gone already

I don't believe there's going to be anoda election in rivers all I hear and see is appointments and conference

FreeGlobe:
Wike is now more important to hausa people than boko haram.

Bigot spotted

FreeGlobe:
Wike is now more important to hausa people than boko haram.

Death toll in Yobe as at last night is 70; but trust APC, they always look for something to cover up (e.g. Tribunal, Saraki, CCB, CCT, Wike, etc.).


The day BOKO HARAM will kill Buhari & Tinubu, we'll be here talking about Ngenekwenu, Berem and Egift

midolian:
Nice one.

I hope the good people of Rivers will see beyond Dakuku's boss, Amaechi being a 'Judas' when electing who will govern them in the rerun. Enough of that Nonsense.

You are the judas!

Acidosis:


Death toll in Yobe as at night is 70; but trust APC, they always look for something to cover up (e.g. Tribunal, Saraki, CCB, CCT, Wike, etc.).


The day BOKO HARAM will kill Buhari & Tinubu, we'll be here talking about Ngenekwenu, Berem and Shift

I'm sure BH would have killed you on their way to those ppl u mentioned

galadima77:


I'm sure BH would have killed you on their way to those ppl u mentioned

lmao

Buhari is the first citizen, so he deserves to die before me. He was voted in to protect the people, leaders lead war! They die first!

I'm not an almajiri, I won't sacrifice my life for stup.id leaders.

My life is so precious nigga!

Acidosis:

lmao

Buhari is the first citizen, so he deserves to die before me. He was voted in to protect the people, leaders lead war! They die first!

I'm not sure any sane person ever wished GEJ death as d number one citizen then. So such statement was highly uncalled for!

Nothing has a beginning without an end.

Buhary and APC impunity cannot last forever.

Oba mewa, igba mewa lo ni Ile a'iye.

Let the ceremony of stupidity continue, it will surely END one day.

APC, party of professional looters and career jihadist. - Lie Mohammed

I had always have this feeling that its impossible for APC to win Rivers, but with all these latest developments, Im afraid i might be reconsidering my stand...

galadima77:


You are the judas!

Galadima, do you understand my post at all? I wasn't calling Amaechi Judas in the real sense. I was only quoting his people and some others from the east. They call him 'Judas' because he refused to support GEJ during elections...and surprisingly, that is why many of them still hate him. I am for Amaechi anytime, for as long as they have nothing against him but this.

galadima77:


I'm not sure any sane person ever wished GEJ death as d number one citizen then. So such statement was highly uncalled for!

This is not about GEJ, it is about my life and how much I value my existence. If nobody cares about the 70 deaths in Yobe, I care, and I'm humbly asking God to spare my life in this trying times. Whoever is going to die among those we voted in, for me to live, should die. It is their duty, and since they've failed, they should be ready to bare the consequence of their inactions and ill-actions.

SeverusSnape:

Go and bring your brothers from the north to come and vote Dakuku na... That's the only way he can win.

you keep saying that Rivers people will not vote for dakuku but you forget that dakuku is from the riverine part and this time around that rotaion principle will come into play,there will be no intimidation by thugs.even the ikwerre themselve will tell you its not their turn to govern and let me tell you apc has ground is rivers state oh.dnt be deceived

free n fair election.
wike will be beat dakuku hands down.
quote me anywhere