Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has criticized Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, over remarks made by Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka.
In a recent interview, Olayinka reportedly attributed the ongoing crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the presidential ambitions of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Chief Eze has described Wike’s position as baseless, illogical, and disconnected from the realities surrounding the PDP’s internal struggles. In a statement issued on Monday, Eze said, “I make bold to tell Wike that his attack on Atiku is irrational, fallacious and a mere expression of prideful spite, occasioned by hallucination and Atikuphobia.”
Eze, a member of the APC Legacy Projects Media Team, noted that Wike’s recent criticism of Atiku seemed aimed at gaining favor with President Bola Tinubu.
“From the standpoint of objectivity and truth, not a few Nigerians view Wike as a self-styled despot and dictator, who always want the buck to terminate at his table,” he added.
“If Wike were to be a good man, peace-loving and a progressive democrat, he would not have been fighting Siminalaye Fubara, a man voted by the people of Rivers State to govern them.
“If I were Fubara, the Governor of Rivers, Wike will only step into the State at his own risk.
“After ruling for 8 years… Wike doesn’t want his fellow man to rule except Fubara governs under his whims and caprices. It’s too bad, annoying and nauseating for Nigerians to believe a man like Wike.
“The former Rivers State Governor… is in fact, the architect of the protracted crisis undermining the PDP due to his selfish agenda…
“As a result of selfishness and fear of the unknown, Wike a card carrying PDP member is in deed and in action, a member of the ruling APC.
“From Wike’s time as a local government chairman, Rotimi Amaechi’s Chief of Staff, Minister of Education (State), and Governor of Rivers State, Atiku never destroyed PDP. It is the PDP that gave Wike the platform to become what he is today. If anybody had destroyed PDP, would Wike be anything in Nigeria’s political terrain today? Certainly no.
“At this juncture, I urge Wike to shelve his political underhand schemes targeted at Atiku as they are dead on arrival and will only lead him to political dungeon.”
