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ediko5:
it's a common occurrence in the Nigeria political space for a sitting governor to fight with his immediate past governor and benefactor. These fights are mostly due to power and political structure control between the current governor and his God father or sometimes due to high level of greed from the God father.

The fight between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike was shocking to many because unlike other former and current governors rift, theirs was too sudden because it started within 2 months after Fubara's inauguration. According to a politician friend close to the Rivers state government house the main foundation of Wike and Fubara's fight is the position of the house of assembly speaker.

According to their political arrangement, the position of the speaker was allocated to Edison Ehie the current chief of staff to the Governor but Wike changed the plan 48 hours to the house of assembly officials election and anointed Martins Amewhule as the speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly. To summarize the story, Edison Ehie felt betrayed and cheated by Wike formed a cartel to convince the Governor about the danger of Wike having control over the house of assembly.

They succeeded in recruiting the governor into their faction and their first action was to impeach the speaker Martins Amewhule but when their impeachment plot failed and the information got to Wike, he ordered that the Governor should be impeach for daring to impeach the speaker he anointed. Boom! that was where Sim vs Wike fight started.

How did Governor Fubara failed in displaying humility and patience ? Firstly I'm not a supporter of Wike or Godfatherism in politics but to succeed in this world you need humility, patience and some cases loyalty (in politics). Fubara was to quick to allow people to use him as a spearhead to wage war on Wike (mostly Wike's political enemies without any strong political structure). He allowed Wike's enemies to use him to fight Wike when he was yet to understand how politics works remember the governor have been a politician before, he has been a civil servant all through his life.

I'm i saying the governor shouldn't have fought Wike's Godfatherism ? NO but he should've endured Wike's insults for sometime while mastering the political game and building his own structure before he start opposing Wike's control. Imagine a sitting Governor only have 4 house of assembly members on his side out of 31, imagine a governor that couldn't have any LGA chairmen he met in office to his camp, imagine a governor where high profiled commissioners resigned from his cabinet - it shows the man is really an infant politician.

The people spearheading the governor to fight Wike are the ones benefiting from the fight ranging from political structure control, political appointment/contract, court litigation and others, there was a time Edison Ehie controlled the government house and will give top orders and approvals before the governor was even informed. According to an insider he approved and published the names of some LGA caretaker chairmen before the governor was informed and it almost caused serious issue between him and the governor but they managed it in house.

It would've been a better idea for the governor to learn the political game under Wike despite the insults he may receive and later use the experience along with other people to fight Wike and build his own structure than allowing different cartels and factions to give him directionless advice all for their personal interest.

ediko5:
it's a common occurrence in the Nigeria political space for a sitting governor to fight with his immediate past governor and benefactor. These fights are mostly due to power and political structure control between the current governor and his God father or sometimes due to high level of greed from the God father.

The fight between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike was shocking to many because unlike other former and current governors rift, theirs was too sudden because it started within 2 months after Fubara's inauguration. According to a politician friend close to the Rivers state government house the main foundation of Wike and Fubara's fight is the position of the house of assembly speaker.

According to their political arrangement, the position of the speaker was allocated to Edison Ehie the current chief of staff to the Governor but Wike changed the plan 48 hours to the house of assembly officials election and anointed Martins Amewhule as the speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly. To summarize the story, Edison Ehie felt betrayed and cheated by Wike formed a cartel to convince the Governor about the danger of Wike having control over the house of assembly.

They succeeded in recruiting the governor into their faction and their first action was to impeach the speaker Martins Amewhule but when their impeachment plot failed and the information got to Wike, he ordered that the Governor should be impeach for daring to impeach the speaker he anointed. Boom! that was where Sim vs Wike fight started.

How did Governor Fubara failed in displaying humility and patience ? Firstly I'm not a supporter of Wike or Godfatherism in politics but to succeed in this world you need humility, patience and some cases loyalty (in politics). Fubara was to quick to allow people to use him as a spearhead to wage war on Wike (mostly Wike's political enemies without any strong political structure). He allowed Wike's enemies to use him to fight Wike when he was yet to understand how politics works remember the governor have been a politician before, he has been a civil servant all through his life.

I'm i saying the governor shouldn't have fought Wike's Godfatherism ? NO but he should've endured Wike's insults for sometime while mastering the political game and building his own structure before he start opposing Wike's control. Imagine a sitting Governor only have 4 house of assembly members on his side out of 31, imagine a governor that couldn't have any LGA chairmen he met in office to his camp, imagine a governor where high profiled commissioners resigned from his cabinet - it shows the man is really an infant politician.

The people spearheading the governor to fight Wike are the ones benefiting from the fight ranging from political structure control, political appointment/contract, court litigation and others, there was a time Edison Ehie controlled the government house and will give top orders and approvals before the governor was even informed. According to an insider he approved and published the names of some LGA caretaker chairmen before the governor was informed and it almost caused serious issue between him and the governor but they managed it in house.

It would've been a better idea for the governor to learn the political game under Wike despite the insults he may receive and later use the experience along with other people to fight Wike and build his own structure than allowing different cartels and factions to give him directionless advice all for their personal interest.

ediko5:
it's a common occurrence in the Nigeria political space for a sitting governor to fight with his immediate past governor and benefactor. These fights are mostly due to power and political structure control between the current governor and his God father or sometimes due to high level of greed from the God father.

The fight between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike was shocking to many because unlike other former and current governors rift, theirs was too sudden because it started within 2 months after Fubara's inauguration. According to a politician friend close to the Rivers state government house the main foundation of Wike and Fubara's fight is the position of the house of assembly speaker.

According to their political arrangement, the position of the speaker was allocated to Edison Ehie the current chief of staff to the Governor but Wike changed the plan 48 hours to the house of assembly officials election and anointed Martins Amewhule as the speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly. To summarize the story, Edison Ehie felt betrayed and cheated by Wike formed a cartel to convince the Governor about the danger of Wike having control over the house of assembly.

They succeeded in recruiting the governor into their faction and their first action was to impeach the speaker Martins Amewhule but when their impeachment plot failed and the information got to Wike, he ordered that the Governor should be impeach for daring to impeach the speaker he anointed. Boom! that was where Sim vs Wike fight started.

How did Governor Fubara failed in displaying humility and patience ? Firstly I'm not a supporter of Wike or Godfatherism in politics but to succeed in this world you need humility, patience and some cases loyalty (in politics). Fubara was to quick to allow people to use him as a spearhead to wage war on Wike (mostly Wike's political enemies without any strong political structure). He allowed Wike's enemies to use him to fight Wike when he was yet to understand how politics works remember the governor have been a politician before, he has been a civil servant all through his life.

I'm i saying the governor shouldn't have fought Wike's Godfatherism ? NO but he should've endured Wike's insults for sometime while mastering the political game and building his own structure before he start opposing Wike's control. Imagine a sitting Governor only have 4 house of assembly members on his side out of 31, imagine a governor that couldn't have any LGA chairmen he met in office to his camp, imagine a governor where high profiled commissioners resigned from his cabinet - it shows the man is really an infant politician.

The people spearheading the governor to fight Wike are the ones benefiting from the fight ranging from political structure control, political appointment/contract, court litigation and others, there was a time Edison Ehie controlled the government house and will give top orders and approvals before the governor was even informed. According to an insider he approved and published the names of some LGA caretaker chairmen before the governor was informed and it almost caused serious issue between him and the governor but they managed it in house.

It would've been a better idea for the governor to learn the political game under Wike despite the insults he may receive and later use the experience along with other people to fight Wike and build his own structure than allowing different cartels and factions to give him directionless advice all for their personal interest.

peleson1:
This is a whole lot of lies and make up stories .

What is the business of fubara with that ?

Everyone knows what happened and wike is just a wild beast .

If all ex Governors behave like wike, all 36 states in Nigeria will v a military takeover..

Arrant nonsense

ediko5:
it's a common occurrence in the Nigeria political space for a sitting governor to fight with his immediate past governor and benefactor. These fights are mostly due to power and political structure control between the current governor and his God father or sometimes due to high level of greed from the God father.

The fight between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike was shocking to many because unlike other former and current governors rift, theirs was too sudden because it started within 2 months after Fubara's inauguration. According to a politician friend close to the Rivers state government house the main foundation of Wike and Fubara's fight is the position of the house of assembly speaker.

According to their political arrangement, the position of the speaker was allocated to Edison Ehie the current chief of staff to the Governor but Wike changed the plan 48 hours to the house of assembly officials election and anointed Martins Amewhule as the speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly. To summarize the story, Edison Ehie felt betrayed and cheated by Wike formed a cartel to convince the Governor about the danger of Wike having control over the house of assembly.

They succeeded in recruiting the governor into their faction and their first action was to impeach the speaker Martins Amewhule but when their impeachment plot failed and the information got to Wike, he ordered that the Governor should be impeach for daring to impeach the speaker he anointed. Boom! that was where Sim vs Wike fight started.

How did Governor Fubara failed in displaying humility and patience ? Firstly I'm not a supporter of Wike or Godfatherism in politics but to succeed in this world you need humility, patience and some cases loyalty (in politics). Fubara was to quick to allow people to use him as a spearhead to wage war on Wike (mostly Wike's political enemies without any strong political structure). He allowed Wike's enemies to use him to fight Wike when he was yet to understand how politics works remember the governor have been a politician before, he has been a civil servant all through his life.

I'm i saying the governor shouldn't have fought Wike's Godfatherism ? NO but he should've endured Wike's insults for sometime while mastering the political game and building his own structure before he start opposing Wike's control. Imagine a sitting Governor only have 4 house of assembly members on his side out of 31, imagine a governor that couldn't have any LGA chairmen he met in office to his camp, imagine a governor where high profiled commissioners resigned from his cabinet - it shows the man is really an infant politician.

The people spearheading the governor to fight Wike are the ones benefiting from the fight ranging from political structure control, political appointment/contract, court litigation and others, there was a time Edison Ehie controlled the government house and will give top orders and approvals before the governor was even informed. According to an insider he approved and published the names of some LGA caretaker chairmen before the governor was informed and it almost caused serious issue between him and the governor but they managed it in house.

It would've been a better idea for the governor to learn the political game under Wike despite the insults he may receive and later use the experience along with other people to fight Wike and build his own structure than allowing different cartels and factions to give him directionless advice all for their personal interest.

ddippset:
Tell me what lesson Ambode learnt about humility and patience..


Na for corrupt shit hole like Nigeria you wan teach humility and patience?

AndroBlaze:
A wise post.

It is clear that people who were to weak to fight Wike themselves in the open used the governor to do so and now he is fighting a premature fight he never really needed to at the moment.

The funny thing is that people like Wike, who see themselves as giants, will eventually fall, there is no doubt about it, but the way I am looking at it, God has decided that Fubara will not be his David.

ddippset:
So Edison had like 2 or 3 members and he wanted to impeach Martin Amaehule backed by 26 members?

You know even if you go to a Primary 2 class and tell them this story, they will stone you...

For many weeks Fubara kept daring them to tell the world what he did to warrant an impeachment,, no one could talk.

Only for them to come out later selling this fake story.

ediko5:
Primary 2 class will stone me? Nope I don't think so cos they will use their brain to think first before they take their action.

You have difficulty in comprehension else you could've understood what I meant by failed impeachment plot. You think because 20 people privately accepted to support you in a political battle means you may have up to 10 that will actually be on your side when the battle start? You're yet to understand the betrayal and interest game in politics.

ediko5:
My write-up has nothing to.do.with the current situation of take over. I'm talking about the genesis of the issue between SIM and Wike and how SIM would've build himself before embarking on a flight with Wike

AndroBlaze:
A wise post.

It is clear that people who were to weak to fight Wike themselves in the open used the governor to do so and now he is fighting a premature fight he never really needed to at the moment.

The funny thing is that people like Wike, who see themselves as giants, will eventually fall, there is no doubt about it, but the way I am looking at it, God has decided that Fubara will not be his David.

richmond500:
No, the genesis of the issue, no one knows.
First it was stated that Wike requested some amount from Rivers allocation and that was the news that fly, it was never about Amaewhule

favor914:
he will fall some day, but not to a useless Judas like fubara.

You maybe right, listen to what one of his prominent backers is now saying ..... agreement na agreement, see 360

"Fubara is not an Ijaw man, na Satan Pikin"

~ Asari Dokubo 😭

What did i just watch!😨🤭 pic.twitter.com/1NrgXUiRqS

— Ainà Dipo 🇳🇬 (@dipoaina1) March 20, 2025

richmond500:
No, the genesis of the issue, no one knows.
First it was stated that Wike requested some amount from Rivers allocation and that was the news that fly, it was never about Amaewhule

ediko5:
Exactly, people who couldn't confront Wike and people Wike retired from politics used Fubara to fight a war he knew nothing about.

See the level of maturity the Governor of Akwa Ibom exhibits. He neither took side with Udom to attack Akpabio or with Akpabio to attack Udom but have remained neutral in the midst and even trying to settle Udom and Akpabio's rift

Agbegbaorogboye:
You mean fubara should have attempted to settle Wike and Amaechi's rift?

And how do you think Wike would have viewed that?
A lot of you just write grammar from your imagination

ddippset:
Tell me what lesson Ambode learnt about humility and patience..


Na for corrupt shit hole like Nigeria you wan teach humility and patience?

ediko5:
Where did I mention settlement between Wike and Fubara in any of my post ? Are you following what I wrote at all?

All I said is the governor was used by Wike's opponent to spearhead a fight with Wike and he shouldn't have allowed himself to be used.

ediko5:
My write-up has nothing to.do.with the current situation of take over. I'm talking about the genesis of the issue between SIM and Wike and how SIM would've build himself before embarking on a flight with Wike

ediko5:
it's a common occurrence in the Nigeria political space for a sitting governor to fight with his immediate past governor and benefactor. These fights are mostly due to power and political structure control between the current governor and his God father or sometimes due to high level of greed from the God father.

The fight between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike was shocking to many because unlike other former and current governors rift, theirs was too sudden because it started within 2 months after Fubara's inauguration. According to a politician friend close to the Rivers state government house the main foundation of Wike and Fubara's fight is the position of the house of assembly speaker.

According to their political arrangement, the position of the speaker was allocated to Edison Ehie the current chief of staff to the Governor but Wike changed the plan 48 hours to the house of assembly officials election and anointed Martins Amewhule as the speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly. To summarize the story, Edison Ehie felt betrayed and cheated by Wike formed a cartel to convince the Governor about the danger of Wike having control over the house of assembly.

They succeeded in recruiting the governor into their faction and their first action was to impeach the speaker Martins Amewhule but when their impeachment plot failed and the information got to Wike, he ordered that the Governor should be impeach for daring to impeach the speaker he anointed. Boom! that was where Sim vs Wike fight started.

How did Governor Fubara failed in displaying humility and patience ? Firstly I'm not a supporter of Wike or Godfatherism in politics but to succeed in this world you need humility, patience and some cases loyalty (in politics). Fubara was to quick to allow people to use him as a spearhead to wage war on Wike (mostly Wike's political enemies without any strong political structure). He allowed Wike's enemies to use him to fight Wike when he was yet to understand how politics works remember the governor have been a politician before, he has been a civil servant all through his life.

I'm i saying the governor shouldn't have fought Wike's Godfatherism ? NO but he should've endured Wike's insults for sometime while mastering the political game and building his own structure before he start opposing Wike's control. Imagine a sitting Governor only have 4 house of assembly members on his side out of 31, imagine a governor that couldn't have any LGA chairmen he met in office to his camp, imagine a governor where high profiled commissioners resigned from his cabinet - it shows the man is really an infant politician.

The people spearheading the governor to fight Wike are the ones benefiting from the fight ranging from political structure control, political appointment/contract, court litigation and others, there was a time Edison Ehie controlled the government house and will give top orders and approvals before the governor was even informed. According to an insider he approved and published the names of some LGA caretaker chairmen before the governor was informed and it almost caused serious issue between him and the governor but they managed it in house.

It would've been a better idea for the governor to learn the political game under Wike despite the insults he may receive and later use the experience along with other people to fight Wike and build his own structure than allowing different cartels and factions to give him directionless advice all for their personal interest.

AndroBlaze:
One thing for sure is if the disagreement was about money, Fubara would have paid happily.

In Nigeria, godsons don't fight godfathers over money. It was one of the reasons Ambode thought he wouldn't be removed because, as he openly boasted, he was doubling what Tinubu got from the previous administration.

favor914:
allocation indeed, nonsense talk, wetin FCT minister the de facto governor of Abuja wan use rivers state money do?

Agbegbaorogboye:
Maybe you're just writing without thinking
You gave an example of Udom and Akpabio and the present Akwa ibom gov settling their rift.

I'm now asking you if you think if Wike was in Udom's shoes, he won't see such an act as betrayal. That's the point I'm making
Have you heard Udom make any public comments about his successor? Can we count how many comments Wike has made about his successor?

richmond500:
money no deh belleful person.
Ask me wetin Tinubu wan use Nigeria money do after all that he has acquired