I’ll Put Fire on your States If You Intervene in Rivers – Wike Threatens PDP Governors

By Adeola Omotola Last updated Aug 31, 2024

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has threatened to cause crises in the PDP states whose governors are interfering in the internal affairs of Rivers State. He made this comment as the PDP governors are working to put the leadership of the party in the south-south state on Governor Simi Fubara.

The last meeting of the PDP governors, they decided to work on the kaderah structure of the opposition party. There have been unresolved political rifts between Wike and his successor Fubara and all efforts to reconcile the two have proved abortive.

Speaking at the PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Saturday during the party’s state congress, Wike urged the PDP governors to stay clear of the party’s affairs in Rivers.

He said, “Let me assure all of you, not while we live will anybody take away the structure of the PDP from us. But let me tell people, I hear some governors who say they will take over the structure and give back to somebody.

“I pity those governors because I will put fire in their states. When God has given you peace, you say you don’t want peace – anything you see you take.

“Because I heard they got some money from a signature bonus, and so their heads are getting big that you will put a hand in my own state. Prepare because I have the capacity to also do the same thing in your own state.

“Whether you are from Bauchi, I don’t give a damn, whichever state you are from, as far as I know, that you are trying to put yourself in Rivers State, your hand will get burnt, and you will never sleep in your state.”