₦airaland Forum

doneyor:
The Rivers political crisis is driven by the fallout between FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara, whom Wike accuses of betrayal. The conflict has also damaged Wike’s once-close relationship with former governor Dr. Peter Odili, despite Wike’s past public vow never to hurt Odili or his family.

The throwback video below captures the moment Wike publicly vowed that God should never allow him to grow if he ever caused Dr. Peter Odili or his family cry.

Watch the video below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLDNeMkLXbg?si=CDPJrmbhwJwUeauL

As at when this statement was made by Wike and as at when he became State governor, can the Odili family say that he made them to cry or are we to say that this comment is going to be forever and forever...!!!!!

I keep wondering why anyone would be bringing up such videos except maybe for the gullible minds....

This is an aspect of tax the Nigerian system will not tell but will say we are even poorly taxed compared to other nations .

jmoore:
Start by respecting Mbata, who is the Ohanaeze president.

How many Ikwerre sons identify with Ohanaze?

AMINDA:
Only in a despotic country in the making will opposition be frowned upon. Treacherous Tinubu betrayed Elrufai after working hard to deliver him as president and is about to do same to Wike. But make no mistakes, Tinubu is a one-term president.

How did PBAT betray El Rufai?
Someone whose atrocities against the Southern Kaduna people is known by all and not hidden!!! So because he helped PBAT become president, the petitions against him from that section of the country should be thrown into the dustbin?
You lots are trying very well....

I had expected El Rufai, even when he said he doesn't need a ministerial appointment and though PBAT appealed to him, why did he not recommend someone to take his place even if it would be his son taking on a junior ministerial appointment!!!!!


It might be possible for PBAT to be a one term of PO wins the ADC presidential primaries and is given the presidential ticket for the party...

Any other thing than that is a waste of time.

franchasofficia:
It may sound like a joke to you since you aren't Igbo.


An Igbo elite analyzed this on a national dailies some weeks back, he narrated how the British colonial masters built the Nigerian system to favor Hausas more because they had a simplified, central governing system through the Emirs, and the Yorubas had the Obas while the Igbos had no centralized leadership to make it easier for the British colonial masters to govern Easterners.....who operated family and clan type of leadership unlike the Hausas and the Yorubas. That was why despite Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe being the most learned and the closest to the colonial masters, whose father also worked as the interpreter of the colonial masters was schemed out of federal power and made Governor General while Prime Minister Belewa commanded more power but under the colonial masters, Governor General had the greatest power but as they handed over to Nigerians, they schemed Zik out and made sure power remained in the hands of Hausas whom they believed would be more loyal to them after they are gone.

Fast-forward to after the civil war in 1970, the Hausa-Fulanis that took over control of the Nigerian government and military, made sure Igbos were cut to size to discourage them from ever seeking for secession from Nigeria again....this led to balkanization of Igbo communities and creating identity crises between Southeast Igbos and Southsouth Igbos that still exist to date.


Etchie an Igbo-speaking oil-rich community in today's Rivers State used to be part of Imo state.....they were carefully carved out of Imo State by the Hausa-Fulani/Yoruba led Military heads of state after the war......Etchie and Ohaji Egbema people of Imo state are the same people.....you need to visit there and see the tiny road they created to separate them just to make sure they are removed from Imo state.....I have been there several times during an NDDC project some years back....I cried....and they both know they are brothers but divided by federal government.



Its a long story....don't act like you don't know all these things, you do....but if you pretend not to know, no problem my brother.....its well, time and nature will definitely settle these issues

All these stories are just to feed the gullible minds and those who don't and cant think for themselves even though they believe they do.



You say the Igbos don't like Azikiwe for what he did and liked Awolowo ...


Since you're Igbo...

Please can you explain to us the origin of the Osu Caste system and why would an Igbo man sell his own brother as a slave to a stranger and mark his skin ?
Was that as a result of the colonists?

Kukutente23:
I asked you a direct question not a philosophy
I suspect you're a BATist
Those folks are good at defending nonsense and sounding dumb with little effort

You need to check yours again and again.

Kukutente23:
So what about godfathers that pick their sons or family member to impose on the populace?
Last I checked, godfathers select their godson not the other way round. In fact, there's nothing godfathers resist more than ambitious people

Those who have learnt to say NO will have nothing to loose.

Kukutente23:
What is the place of godfatherism in democracy

Those who don't want a godfather should also not give themselves to those who would demand their submission. They should rather walk through and let it be known that they stood by themselves for themselves.

solochris:
Is PBAT trustworthy

Do you know anyone whom he has gone into an agreement with and gone back on his words since he was State governor till today?

wwwihy:
https://punchng.com/again-tinubu-wades-into-wike-fubara-feud/

So nice to get to read the comments of Fayose.
That is the reality of things to come.
Those who are calling for PBAT to push Wike aside do not understand politics. These sets of are just focused on the nearness of the bottom of the mountain, they have not even thought of climbing it and reaching the top.

Lastpharoah33:
Is this applicable to all the old generation banks?

Yes.

Kukutente23:
Doesn't make it right
Doesn't make the office personal either

“Nigeria must be a country that thrives on principles and precedents; we must test our democracy, and this Rivers case should be left to unfold without presidential interference.”


The bolded is what was said by an analyst and that's how it ought to be.

adenigga:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/01/09/tinubu-should-wash-hands-off-rivers-crisis-frank-tietie

“Nigeria must be a country that thrives on principles and precedents; we must test our democracy, and this Rivers case should be left to unfold without presidential interference.”


This is what it should be. Rivers State is a pilot State.

Let's just hope the market will be look better than the ones built by former governors especially the Mike 1.
Creek road market is a unique market in the heart of PHC. They need something that will stand out clearly.

princepee:
Lost a cousin some years ago
Over six million he had in a bank got trapped there.
He wasn't married, his next of kin was his mom, his mom died few years before him.
He didn't bother to change the next of kin.

His brothers tried to retrieve the money to no avail.
The bank did everything to frustrate them....

Most bankers are rogues
6 million naira 5 years ago is like 15 Milla now.

It is not the banks fault.
Why would he not change the next of kin when the person passed away. There's always room for bank update anytime a customer needs such. The brothers have no right going to the bank whatsoever to claim such money. They only succeeded in informing the bank of the death of their brother...

Nevertheless, there's a misconception about next of kin when it comes to bank and money. Next of kin is actually the person that can be easily reached in case of there's an issue.



If anyone wants a loved one be able to get their funds in case they die, they should request for the form called "pay upon death"(POD) form and fill it accordingly.
Banks don't actually tell this except you ask for it.

Cashel:
Compilation of What Fubara Said and Replied To Wike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IERkDjCu94o

As a PDP governor, was he called 001?

Please where did he get the form in APC that was written 001, except maybe they used biro in writing it or probably they have special forms for governors when they decamp!!!

It will be so nice to show Rivers State, how it looks like on the form or card given him....


I'm wondering if he says he was a manager in SHELL and he only left to join the Rivers State ministry of finance.....as at 2005 or thereabout, people need to truly verify this information.

So many gaps and loopholes in this stories.

Kukutente23:
You have not made any serious point worth responding to
Can you show me where agreement is agreement was being shouted throughout the campaign that brought SIM to office?
Stop supporting personalisation of public office!!

Its that personalization of office that brought Fubara into governance as governor.

frog12:
He also petitioned the efcc.

Yes,but it seems that was after he found out that Farouk's wife is a senior top management staff of ICPC.

Politicstoday:
Wike vs His Ambition

I read that Fubara has traveled to France to meet with Tinubu. Good. But I doubt if there will be a public showdown between the presidency and Wike.

Tinubu may not speak publicly about the Rivers crisis again because he is not someone who talks a lot unlike the parrot in Rivers, who boasts and issues threats over every move he makes.

Tinubu went out of his way to intervene once and took sides with Wike suspending the governor for 6 months, yet Wike is still attempting to disrupt events and cause endless chaos.

Tinubu understands something critical that if Wike, who is neither president nor someone with Tinubu’s political structure or reach, succeeds in impeaching Fubara, he will become larger than life, and with access to the Rivers treasury, Wike could amass enormous power and eventually pose a threat to Tinubu himself.

We saw a glimpse of this in 2023, when Wike bought off PDP delegates, until those who understood the political chessboard countered him by merging Atiku and Tambuwal’s delegates for Atiku. Tinubu witnessed all of this and knows exactly the kind of political force Wike can become when backed by money.

For this reason, Tinubu will maintain his silence, but he will cut Wike down to size by ensuring he no longer has easy access to funds. At the federal level, Wike no longer controls money the way he once did. What remains is access to Rivers' treasury, because if he loses that, his ambition to be VP or President is dead. So, this is about survival for Wike. And he will rather die than have what will buy him power taken away from him.

The Rivers crisis is about one man's ambition to control Rivers and forcefully be your VP or President in the future. Wike should be resisted.

You have tried in your assertion but you spoke on short term limits.


Wike is on it for the long term irrespective of what happens.

The question to ask yourself, do you think after PBAT tenure, there's anyone in APC that will bring out funds generously offered to the right people in the various States to ensure they come out victorious in the elections after PBAT?

Age will not be on PBAT sides if he completes the second tenure and hands over to his choice candidate from the North.

This game is way beyond even what we are all thinking and analyzing.

miracle002:
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Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/01/09/fubara-lawyers-move-to-recall-26-rivers-lawmakers-write-inec-for-voters-register/?utm_source=operamini&utm_medium=feednews&utm_campaign=operamini_feednews

It seems like this 600 Billion will be spent and nothing good will come out of this process. In which LGA do they want to achieve such imaginations when the chairman are on same page with the legislative arm...?

ArcSEMPECJ:
Then we are in the same page ....is a matter of interest not even for the people of Rivers but for their own pockets so they only align with him if he does their bidden and screams impeachment if he fails to do their bidding.....

This was what Dr Chris Ngige suffered in Anambra State then , where state properties were burnt down and Police or Army could not arrest those that burnt it on a day light hour ...all to make his Government worst for him, he was even kidnapped as well and forced to sign his impeachment letter in the hotel where they kept a whole Governor of a State...

But am happy there is nothing like god father whatever in Anambra State now, and you can see how the State is recording great achievements and transparency...

With or without godfather, a State can getting meaningful development and achievements of the State governor knows what he is doing.

Many Nigerian State governors lack knowledge of creating wealth. If you without FACC from many States in Nigeria for three months then you'll know that many governors have nothing in their heads irrespective of their credentials.

robosky02:
Impeachment: Fubara’s defection to APC threatens Wike’s grip on Rivers — Ex-Commissioner


https://dailypost.ng/2026/01/08/impeachment-fubaras-defection-to-apc-threatens-wikes-grip-on-rivers-ex-commissioner/

This one is nothing near anything that's happening. Many people are still assuming what will never happen. It's going to be an interesting episode at the end of the day.


In this same Rivers State that we are hearing that the State governor is angry over the deputy governor having to join him in APC because he wanted her in another party!!!!!


PBAT does not work with people who are untrustworthy and deceptive.

Islie:
https://leadership.ng/farouk-ahmed-why-dangote-may-have-withdrawn-petition-from-icpc-to-efcc/

Reasons why I don't take many social media news seriously is because of such things....

So Dangote could go through the stress of getting to know the name of school of the Farouk Ahmed children and the fees paid overseas but he didn't know that the wife is a senior top management staff in ICPC where he has submitted a petition allegation against the husband?


Only for him to withdraw such and submit to the EFCC!!!!

Does the petition allegation against Farouk fall within the jurisdiction of ICPC or EFCC?

This kind of ploy is just for those in the public who have refused to think for themselves.

Islie:
https://leadership.ng/inside-story-of-10-sins-of-fubara-by-rivers-assembly-members/

One really needs the full details of these withholding of funds especially those meant as salaries for the RSHA members and that pf the clerk of the house....!!!!!

It seems like the verdict of the supreme court and placement of state of emergency did nothing meaningful and of good and worthy thoughts to the governor.....

ArcSEMPECJ:
Are you new to the Political affairs of River State

Does the Political stakeholders know who their Governor is apart from the one that left office before Fubara..

Those folks should learn to recognize their Governor or else let them resign ....I mean all of them ..

This time is no longer when Fubara was floating, now he has the key and the leg to walk his way in the game....

If they did not respect the governor woild they have agreed to work for him and bring him on board as the State governor or you think this is an issue of say Rivers people voted for him?

In this Rivers State, that we know?

What is to show that the Governor respects them?

Kukutente23:
Akpabio we all know is one of the biggest looters in Nigeria
And he lies a lot too.
How did Fubara start the fight? The fight was started by Wike and his goons
Fubara simply returned the favour
Even in this APC, it was still the Wike group that started the fight
If not that some folks are mad, a man is threatening governor with street language of agreement is agreement and you're clapping for him. Whom among the two does the governor's seat belong to that is making agreement over it

I don't have emotions and sentiments for such. Please can you point to one governor both past and present since 1999 who doesn't lie! !!! I'm not interested in who lies the most or who is most corrupt.

In saner clines public office holders are executed for stealing as little as $100.

It's that same street language that was used to bring the current governor into office.

LegendHero:
So if Wike pick him and he had no interest in the first place, why did he betray Wike within the first 6months or so?

He is an ingrate. He is also power drunk to believe he can govern the state without the elected house of assembly members. Disloyal people like that deserve anything their eyes see.

If he is not interested in becoming governor, then he should just resign and step down.

Lastly, if you don’t need godfathers, win election on your own. Adeleke in Osun had no godfather then and he won. There are governors like that across the country.

I can't but smile when he made a comment that caused Akpabio to tell him that early time to.resign if there's no money there and people say Akpabio insulted him.

I keep wondering what he must be thinking when he said people shouldn't fight for him that they are causing him more trouble and that if they don't know if his spirit has left the governor house.....


All that he did while still fighting in PDP, he has brought into the APC and still bringing more...

It will be so unfortunate that he may never come out to say why he would not have to keep all the agreements he agreed to because I don't see any form of duress but a desire for something he alone can tell .....

reddingtonblack:
Hi


Oga mechonu there, how can you be asking who is the highiest by hierachy between Executive and legislature,

there is nothing to understand about a dvmb question next time have some decency to get education 1st becos you shook mouth on matters

When you get decency of getting education but didn't actually get educated that is what you'll always do.

reddingtonblack:
i dont need to take you to any place, in the arms of Government the Executive is the highiest i.e President /Governor ...

thats why by virtue of constitutional power and revognition the Executive carry executive order and can grant pardon decisively

I am ashamed, you don't even know ... educate yourself man google is there naw

It is one thing to read and another thing entirely to understand and at the same time think through what one has read in order to gain the right understanding of what they have read.

You've shown that your style of reading is copy and paste.

Chegesnd:
Ladies and Gentlemen, wait patiently for the brickbat that will follow this statement.
This Chairman thinks that he is within the University Administration circle.
He will hear from the guvnors!

Many of those governors are in for a super shock.

reddingtonblack:
Please stop embrassing yourself, the Rivers assembly is Oppositionly independent of Fubara even the blind can see

Now where is it written that Rivers assembly must be stooge of Wike or act as opposition

You believe in assembly must be independent of executive Buh complete stooge of godfather ... apes obey politics

If you know where you are going, the people there are only waiting to humilate you .. thats not an issue abi, you will wear agbada n go well that is you, Fubara has self worth

what is needful 🤣, did the sole administrator not pass a Budget as it elapsed , the budget passed will end by Aug 2026 so whats " needful" ..

is it only Fubara that has pride, by constitution the executive is the highest ranking officer .. have they shown any respect to Fubara so why must Fubara be the one to drop pride .. the constitution Supersedes rants, as Fubara done anything unconstitutional ... Big No

Shebi they've threatened they will make sure Fubara doesnt get re-elected, .. they cant wait again 🤣🤣 awon were, e go pain dem enter HBP enter stroke lagbara olohun

Please take me to the point and place in the constitution where it's written that the Governor is the highest ranking officer or are you forcing yourself to interpret what is not supposed to be?

SisterAnn:
Lol

You are seeing APC National bodies protesting against Wike in Abuja and yet failed to see the hand behind the scenes?

If you mean hand behind the scenes to be PBAT then you're wrong.
The statement by the national secretary and that of the national chairman are two different distinct statements.....
Its already a proof that none knows the mind of PBAT in the issue.