The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Nyesom Wike, has denied demanding 25 percent from the Rivers State government.
Wike made the denial on Thursday when a delegation of Rivers Caucus in the 10th National Assembly visited him in Abuja.
Recall that Wuzup Nigeria reported that a crisis had erupted in Rivers, after an attempt by the Rivers Assembly to impeach the incumbent Governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara.
Wike said that those accusing him of demanding 25 percent were ignorant.
‘I was governor for eight years. I am now FCT Minister, and some will say that I am asking for 25 percent. That is madness.
“I am not interested in the governance of Rivers; I am not interested. I am here as a governor in FCT, but I am interested in the political structure of Rivers which we have built over the years.
“If anybody dares to bring it down, the person will face the crisis he wants in his life. Perform or don’t perform, but don’t touch our political structure.
“Anybody who puts his hand in our structure, anything you see, take it”, he said.
Wike urged members of the caucus not to disappoint the state but work as a team for the good of the people of Rivers. He said that they should take it in good faith when he called them out for making mistakes.
He said that they were all one and had built the political structure together since 2015.
He added that he had seen hell as the opposition party from 2015, but had survived with their support.
Wike admonished that when they worked as a team, it would be difficult for an outsider to defeat them at home.
