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His name is not on the NDC Register submitted to INEC as at May 10. He cannot contest

Sim is going no where. He obviously doesn't want to offend the President. He is afraid of the consequences.

Can people still change party after the May 10 Party register submission deadline by INEC?

*Terms still being negotiated*Makinde’s camp disappointed

An end may have finally come to the active relevance of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Chairman of its governors’ forum and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has concluded plans to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) this week, barring any unforeseen circumstances, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.

THISDAY gathered last night that the terms of his defection to the ruling party were still being negotiated.

However, multiple sources privy to the negotiations told THISDAY that he was offered the APC senatorial ticket and would get all the allowances received by other governors that joined the ruling party.

According to the sources, the Bauchi State governor, in a meeting with President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership, disclosed his intention to be part of the political family.

One of the sources stated that his planned defection to the APC may not be unconnected with the travails of his Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, who is facing terrorism charges and a money laundering case involving about N4.6billion

The commissioner was said to have threatened to implicate the governor if he was not released from custody.
It was learnt that the ruling party handed stringent conditions to Mohammed, different from the agreements the ruling party reached with other governors.

Sources close to the Governor Seyi Makinde’s camp in the party have, however, expressed shock and disappointment with the development.

Members of Makinde’s camp are said to be wondering how a governor who led the flock of PDP governors could capitulate at the expense of the party, whose misery he was believed to have contributed to through his hardline posturing over the years.

Sources privy to the defection plot hinted that when Mohammed met with the president to conclude his defection plans, the president was said to have pointedly told him that it would be difficult to hand him the structure of the party as they did to other governors.

Tinubu, it was learnt, also explained to him the reasons why the APC structure in the state would not be handed over to him.

According to one of the sources, the president allegedly said the best he could do at the instance was to hand him his ticket back to the Senate, but that he won’t be allowed to nominate his successor.

“Unlike the privileges extended to the early detectors, Bala Mohammed can’t get the full APC structure in Bauchi. They told him the best he could get is his ticket to the Senate since he is nursing the ambition, but he can’t nominate his successor. He was told in clear terms. He is stuck, from all indications,” the source explained.

THISDAY also gathered that the governor was allegedly mandated to apologise to the son of the president, Seyi Tinubu, who was embarrassed last year by Mohammed’s son for sharing palliatives with the people of Bauchi State during last year’s Ramadan.

The source stated: “I’m not sure if you read sometime last year when Seyi Tinubu distributed some palliatives to people in Bauchi and Bala’s son lashed him thoroughly? They didn’t forget the embarrassment it caused them, and they have asked him to go and apologise to Seyi Tinubu. In fact, this particular condition is taken seriously.”

Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed, the son of Bauchi State Governor, had reportedly lashed out at Seyi in mid-March 2025.

He criticised Seyi for distributing food items in Bauchi State during Ramadan, calling on him instead to focus on sustainable empowerment, such as job training and business resources, rather than handouts.

However, in a show of his seriousness about joining the APC, Mohammed has allegedly apologised to the president’s son. Still, the governor is said to be uncomfortable with the other condition.

According to the source, he wanted to have a say in his succession plans because of his legacy.

To this end, the source explained that the governor went back to the National Chairman of the APC, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, to help speak with the president about considering a 60/40 structure-sharing arrangement in the state.

Although none of the sources could confirm whether the APC chairman had completed his assignment, Mohammed was said to have taken further steps in his defection plot by convening a stakeholders’ meeting in the state this week, in the expectation that the president would concede to his request.

This development has angered other members of the party in Governor Makinde’s camp, who considered Mohammed’s last-minute decision a betrayal of all the efforts to reconcile and rearrange the PDP’s fortune.

Some of the PDP members, who got wind of the development, said if the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum could not stay back to fight for his party, despite all that he and Makinde had put into the efforts to rescue the party, then the hope for democracy has dimmed further.

Meanwhile, if Mohammed joins the APC, the number of governors in the party will rise to 32. While the PDP has Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, and the Labour Party (LP) has Alex Otti of Abia State, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Accord Party have Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State and Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, respectively.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/03/15/bala-mohammed-pdp-govs-forum-chairman-moves-to-join-apc/

Is it not the same man they claim is Dino Melaye's friend and brother?
And Dino is in ADC oo

Conspiracy theorists over to you

This new guy is said to be Dino Melaye's lawyer and possibly friend. And Dino is ADC. Does it mean the new INEC Chairman is now going to favor ADC?...Lol. Conspiracy theorists over to you

Africa is always going on these several international conferences with booth jamboree. Every country in the world has a Strategy for Africa. Africa does not have a Strategy for the world. Japan-Africa Economic Forum, Russia-Africa Economic Forum, UK-Africa Economic Forum, Brazil-Africa Economic Forum e..t.c. All our presidents will get on the plane and go and do jamboree. Let's have Nigeria-Europe Economic Forum where all European Presidents will come to Nigeria and they will also have their exhibition booth, and Nigerians can engage them

This picture is old..before Fubara was sworn in as governor. He was following Wike to project commissioning towards the last days of Wike’s governorship

If you are an Obidient, your loan can't be approved. On a lighter note

Wao, the President's wife still cooks for him, despite all the chefs available around them
That's really commendable, to say the least

They will share it 50-50 between Sim and Wike. Both of them will work for the President

GHANA has taken a bold step that Nigeria must urgently emulate. This is after the Ghana Education Commission recently banned the public use of honorary doctorate titles, warning that violators would face sanctions. This addresses a growing problem: the devaluation of genuine academic achievement through the reckless distribution of unearned titles.

Nigeria should follow its West African counterpart and restore sanity by taking a firm stand against the widespread display of unearned honorifics. The country must no longer tolerate the farce of titles that have not been genuinely earned.

In Nigeria, the obsession with titles has mushroomed into absurdity. People who have never written a thesis or sat through lectures proudly parade themselves as “doctors” and “professors,” thanks to honorary degrees handed out like party gifts.

Universities, eager for donations, endowments, and political largesse, bestow these titles upon wealthy individuals and celebrities. Some recipients even obtain degrees from obscure foreign institutions, while professional associations confer many Nigerians with “doctoral fellowships” based on dubious criteria.

This trend undermines genuine scholars and professionals, those who have spent years in rigorous study, by drowning them out in a sea of self-appointed experts. This impersonation must be checked through government policy and a broader cultural shift.

Unfortunately, the harm goes deep. Honorary degrees mislead the public, erode trust in real academic achievement, and cheapen the value of education.

In medicine, qualifications have life-and-death consequences.

Nigeria is riddled with “doctors” who have never attended medical school and “professors” who have never taught a class.

Some are musicians. Yet, these persons demand the same regard and access as those who have earned their titles through hard work. It is a mockery of scholarship and a stain on national integrity.

While the National Universities Commission has occasionally grumbled about this problem, its response has been feeble.

Unlike Ghana, which has moved from warnings to outright prohibition, Nigeria’s approach remains lax. The NUC must take urgent and firm action.

Universities that sell honorary degrees should face severe penalties, including huge fines or deregistration. There must be a nationally acceptable criterion for the conferment of such degrees.

A public, regularly updated database of genuine PhD holders and professors should be maintained to distinguish scholars from impostors.

Nigeria’s academic qualifications face strict scrutiny overseas due to its citizens’ tendency to use undue honorifics. Many Nigerians feel discouraged from pursuing academic excellence, as there appears to be an easier route.

The love of titles has created a buoyant industry where many universities, professional associations lobby politicians, businessmen, and corrupt members of society to pay for honorary titles. Other professionals have also followed suit, creating and awarding problematic titles.

The traction for titles is buoyed by political and thought leaders who insist on several appellations and even sue media houses for omitting such titles.

The cancer of honorifics spreads virally during civil rule. It was rampant during the Second Republic and has become suffocating in the Fourth Republic.

The National Assembly must make laws that can arrest this drift.

Unfortunately, this is not just an academic issue; it is a cultural crisis. Nigeria’s obsession with titles reflects a deeper malaise, a preference for appearance over substance, for shortcut over hard work, and an oppressive display of success over collective responsibility.

This epidemic has escalated to ridiculous levels such that appellations like “Engineer,” “Surveyor,” and “Town Planner,” just to denote professional affiliation, are now commonplace.

For Nigeria to show genuine seriousness about rebuilding its institutions and restoring respect for knowledge, it should follow Ghana’s lead. Honorary degrees should remain purely ceremonial, not a licence to mislead.

The media should play its part by refusing to amplify unearned titles. Newsroom house styles should change to entrench the culture of decency.

The time for half-measures is over. The NUC, the NASS, and the media must act to end this charade.

https://punchng.com/like-ghana-ban-unearned-academic-titles/

It's difficult for Wike to know whether Fubara is genuine with his reconciliation moves
He has refused to meet with the Assembly members, who are the principal stakeholders
News report said Former President Jonathan helped him to appeal to President Tinubu and he seems to get some soft-landing.
He got more confident and started making more public outings
Last week, his supporters were seen singing, "no be by cho cho cho", apparently dissing Wike that no be by talk, talk, talk oo.
Perhaps Wike restrategized and doubled his effort
And on the day people felt Fubara Will restored, the President transmitted request to the National Assembly for approval new leadership for the State Electoral Commission..
Once that is done, Local Government elections Will likely be conducted and shared between Wike and Fubara in whatever ratio the President pleases. That is when the state of emergency will likely be lifted. Even with that, I doubt if there can ever be genuine reconciliation between Wike and Fubara. There will be so much suspicion among the two. Fubara said and did too much. Wike also said too much

Trust when broken, is difficult to fix
They Will just manage themselves till 2027, and rearrange the political structure afresh.

Reason Wike won’t let go, Seyi Makinde connection

By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt

Millions of Rivers people, especially the loyalists of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, June 12, had their hope dashed as they had marked out the date to be a moment of wild jubilation and partying.

The expectation everywhere was that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would use the opportunity of that date to reinstate all the democratic institutions in the state that he had suspended on March 18.

The suspension of Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, and the state House of Assembly was sequel to the political tension in the state which saw the forces loyal to the governor and lawmakers aligned to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike at daggers drawn but the President was able to diffuse by that decision of the declaration of a state of emergency in the state.

Several bookmakers had predicted that, given his democratic posturing, Tinubu was expected to recall the suspended governor either on May 29, a date that marked two years of the current elected officials, or June 12, which has come to be known as the National Democracy Day, NDD.

But the question many are asking is what could have stopped the President from reinstating the governor on June 12 and repositioning Rivers on the path of democracy?

Leaked plan
Given the pressure mounted on the President by eminent Nigerians and knowing the damage the imposition of the state of emergency could have on his reputation, Tinubu was alleged to have put the machinery in place to reinstate the suspended governor without minding whose ox is gored.

The two high stake meetings held in London and Tinubu’s Lagos residence were said to be pointers to the looming recall of the suspended officials.

But sources revealed that the governor’s loyalists, who got wind of the plan, began to jubilate ahead of June 12 even when it was still weeks away.

This jubilation, it was learnt, did not go down well with the camp of Wike, who then pulled all the strings to ensure that the suspension was not lifted until the fulfillment of a certain agreement.

A source disclosed that even Fubara did not keep the plan under wraps as he divulged in one of his public outings that he and all the suspended officials would be returned back to government very soon.

The source noted that the announcement of the governor’s return was to be made by Tinubu on June 12. “The process of the handing over of power would have taken one or two weeks”, a prominent activist said.
However, Fubara appears now to be walking a tight rope to his reinstatement.

The governor seems to have been surrounded by landmines every step of the way by those forces that want him out of power by all means necessary.

Only last week, the factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, declared that even if Fubara joins the party, he would still not escape the hammer of impeachment.



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June 15, 2025

Complicated Case: Why Tinubu did not reinstate Fubara on June 12

•Reason Wike won’t let go, Seyi Makinde connection

By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt


Millions of Rivers people, especially the loyalists of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, June 12, had their hope dashed as they had marked out the date to be a moment of wild jubilation and partying.


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The expectation everywhere was that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would use the opportunity of that date to reinstate all the democratic institutions in the state that he had suspended on March 18.

The suspension of Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, and the state House of Assembly was sequel to the political tension in the state which saw the forces loyal to the governor and lawmakers aligned to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike at daggers drawn but the President was able to diffuse by that decision of the declaration of a state of emergency in the state.

Several bookmakers had predicted that, given his democratic posturing, Tinubu was expected to recall the suspended governor either on May 29, a date that marked two years of the current elected officials, or June 12, which has come to be known as the National Democracy Day, NDD.

But the question many are asking is what could have stopped the President from reinstating the governor on June 12 and repositioning Rivers on the path of democracy?

Leaked plan
Given the pressure mounted on the President by eminent Nigerians and knowing the damage the imposition of the state of emergency could have on his reputation, Tinubu was alleged to have put the machinery in place to reinstate the suspended governor without minding whose ox is gored.

The two high stake meetings held in London and Tinubu’s Lagos residence were said to be pointers to the looming recall of the suspended officials.

But sources revealed that the governor’s loyalists, who got wind of the plan, began to jubilate ahead of June 12 even when it was still weeks away.

This jubilation, it was learnt, did not go down well with the camp of Wike, who then pulled all the strings to ensure that the suspension was not lifted until the fulfillment of a certain agreement.

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A source disclosed that even Fubara did not keep the plan under wraps as he divulged in one of his public outings that he and all the suspended officials would be returned back to government very soon.

The source noted that the announcement of the governor’s return was to be made by Tinubu on June 12. “The process of the handing over of power would have taken one or two weeks”, a prominent activist said.
However, Fubara appears now to be walking a tight rope to his reinstatement.

The governor seems to have been surrounded by landmines every step of the way by those forces that want him out of power by all means necessary.

Only last week, the factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, declared that even if Fubara joins the party, he would still not escape the hammer of impeachment.

Recall that one of the alleged cards on the table of reconciliation when the governor met with the President in London was that he should toe the footsteps of the governors of Delta and Akwa Ibom states by dumping the PDP for the APC.

But while that “offer” was still under consideration, Okocha decried that Fubara was yet to consult him and those who are aggrieved by his action or inaction as governor for true reconciliation.

“If Fubara decides to join the APC, it has nothing to do with the state of emergency in Rivers State. His sins cannot be forgiven because he came to our party. It is not true”, the party Chairman said.
“He has not spoken to me. He will enter the party through the door, not the window. Not only him.”

Speaking on the presidential directive that the suspended governor should go back home and ensure the return of peace in the state, Okocha said Fubara had failed to carry out the order.

“I can confirm that there is no reconciliation effort currently underway in Rivers”, he said.

The suspended Governor Fubara has not made any move to reconcile with the lawmakers. Only genuine reconciliation can save him from impeachment, as the Supreme Court judgment stands”.

‘Genuine peace’
Also, in his last media chat, Wike had said that Fubara was not keen about a genuine peace to resolve the crisis in the state.

The FCT Minister said the day after the suspended governor came to his Abuja residence with two prominent Yoruba political leaders to talk truce, he had not seen the governor again.

“He has the yam. He has the knife. If you want genuine peace, we will know. If you don’t want genuine peace, it is still your choice”, he said.

But a day after Wike spoke, Fubara was seen in social media posing in photos with Tinubu during his visit to Bourdillon during the Salah holiday celebrations.’’

Ibas and LG elections
After successfully defending his N1.4 trillion budget before the National Assembly, the Sole Administrator of Rivers, Vice Admiral Ibok-Etteh Ibas, has been touted to have received expressed instructions to do everything within his powers to conduct local government elections in Rivers before his exit in September.

This, according to sources, is to ensure that the political structure of the state, irrespective of political party, will be returned into the grips of the FCT Minister as a veritable tool to work out the modalities for the 2027 general elections.

Wike had earlier in Abuja declared that he would lead the campaign train of Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

The Minister has been at loggerheads with the leadership of his party, the PDP, since 2023.

And despite the claim that Fubara has agreed to work for the President in 2027, it is yet to be seen on what platform or which political structure he would deploy to get the job done.

And with the local government elections expected to go the way of Wike, what role will the governor then play to fulfill his own part of the bargain?

Only last Thursday, Tinubu transmitted to the Senate, for confirmation, members of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, members of the Local Government Civil Service Commission, and Rivers State Civil Service Commission among others.

So, with just three more months to the end of the initial six months of the emergency rule in Rivers, Fubara may be tactically delayed from returning to power until the local government elections are conducted.

By this time, he will only return to occupy a political time-bomb that will in no way be favorable to his political career.

Why Wike won’t let go
Wike’s insistence to hold onto the soul of the state political structure is borne out of the fact that his plan of getting the 2027 presidential ticket of the PDP appears to have been scuttled.

This is more so because his once political ally now turned arch-enemy, Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, is also said to be keen about the same ticket.

A credible source in the party hinted that Wike’s scheme was to ensure that once the ticket gets into his kitty, “he would step down for Tinubu to complete his second term in the spirit that the presidency still remains in the South for eight years”.

Again, with former governor Rotimi Amaechi likely to indicate interest to lead the opposition parties’ coalition against Tinubu in 2027, it is likely that the political battle in Rivers will be vitriolic in every sense.

Obviously, with the declaration of a state of emergency, the people of the state may possibly want to vent their anger in 2027 by voting against the President.

Hence, the entrance of Amaechi into the fray may constitute a herculean task for Tinubu and Wike to win the state.

On Tuesday, an elated Tinubu, during the commissioning of the renovated International Conference Center, ICC, Abuja, asked Wike to join him in the APC because he was an asset that no party would love to lose.

Fubara hopeless?
Everyone appears to be fed up with the situation in Rivers.

The elders have become tongue-tied. Protesters have rested their placards just as rights activists have run out of ideas.

Except the President chooses to take everyone by surprise, the situation in Rivers has snowballed to a state of hopelessness.

But the likes of a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Bode George, have not rested on their oars in appealing to Tinubu to end the emergency rule in Rivers.

I also appeal to him, in the spirit of my maternal grand uncle who founded the first political party in Nigeria in 1922, Herbert Macaulay, to please reinstate Fubara. Tinubu should listen to, and honour this appeal in memory of all those who died in the journey to our democracy,” George pleaded last week.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/06/complicated-case-why-tinubu-did-not-reinstate-fubara-on-june-12/

Jonathan is helping Fubara reach out to the President
The President respects Jonathan being a former President
Fubara will get back to his seat with or without Fubara's reconciliation with Wike.
Once he decamps to APC, the state APC structure will be taken from Wike's hand and split equally between the two entity, or at best 60 to Wike and 40 to Fubara

The statements infers Abati's former wife likely approached Wike for money
If that is true, it is difficult for Abati to say he is not aware
From henceforth, Abati will likely take it easy on Wike

Quite an insightful analysis.
However, I still maintain my stand that Asiwaju should forgive Tinubu
The President's rank of reliable lieutenants is depleting everyday
I don't know how Sanwo Olu also planned to pull Obasa's impeachment off, without the President' involvement
He might have assumed Asiwaju is too busy in Abuja to bother about little issues in Lagos parliament
That was a grave mistake on his part

Dr Abati was clever by half with this response
Obviously, someone solicited funds from Wike on Abati's behalf. Who is the Ex-Partner Abati referred to in that response?
Naturally, when you live in glass houses, you shouldn't throw stone
Unfortunately for Wike, he possibly does not have Video recordings of the visit of Abati and his partner to his house to solicit for the help, but obviously, Lere would not make such claim publicly if it is not true. Am sure it was Wike that briefed him.
If Lere's claim was an outright lie, Abati would have threatened litigation.
Even if it is half-truth, it means there is an iota of truth

Politics is messy in Nigeria. Don't ever allow Nigerian politicians to have a dossier on you.
And everyone will be extra-careful in approaching Wike for help now, because several years or even months after, the whole world will hear about it, once you are no longer in sync with him. It is even possible Wike will now install hidden cameras in his meeting rooms so he can record his dealings with people, in case they want to deny it in the future.

And that is a terrible character. Secrets in times of peace, must remain secrets in times of war.

But Tinubu is encouraging Wike to forgive Fubara,
I don't think Sanwo Olu's disloyalty to Tinubu can be compared to Fubara's disloyalty to Wike
So if Wike can forgive Fubara, Tinubu can forgive Sanwo Olu

Asiwaju must learn how to forgive
He is encouraging Wike to forgive Fubara for his disloyalty. Asiwaju should be able to do same to Sanwo Olu
Sanwo Olu's errors cannot outweigh the good he has done to Asiwaju
One of the hallmarks of a great leader is the ability to forgive. He may not necessarily forget (of course that will be difficult as humans), but he should be able to forgive.

And Asiwaju is incredibly petty. Must he snub Sanwo Olu in public, even if he is having beef with him? That's a low for a sitting president

2Face is looking fresh and chubby here. How come there was a picture of his on front page some days ago where he was looking thin and haggard? I fear who no fear A.I.

Rauf is really a charasmatic politician. A very lovable person but he went completely overboard when he lambasted his benefactor in public. He really crossed the line and it seems irredeemable. However, if the Tinubu Political Family do not wish to forgive him and welcome him back into the family as a prodigal son, Rauf will have to find another political family to join. We can't expect him to retire from politics, when he is still young and has a political following. If Atiku's terms are favourable to him, I see no reason why he should not take the opportunity

A very selfless, altruistic and highly commendable effort from the CEO of Educare. This is how to make impact

Extension is looking more likely. The ego of the two parties involved won't make them to genuinely reconcile

Wike said Bala Mohammed is a betrayal
Atiku said Bala Mohammed is a betrayal
Given that Wike and Atiku are political enemies, who then did Bala Mohammed worked for?
Perhaps, the bigger question would be- Who really is Bala Mohammed?

Yeah, I think I agree with your logic
He possibly firm up his grip on the assembly members after seeing Fubara's actions
Because the assembly members are Wike's only leverage in the political game.
Without the assembly members in his grip,by now Wike might have been confined to the dustbin of history

SpiritMoney:
Not necessarily. He may have taken his hold over Fubara for granted believing he didn't need much beyond politica patronage to hold him down.

But after the Fubara revolt, he made sure to strengthen his hold on the 27 clowns.

Besides its common sense..it is easier for Fubara who is one man more powerful than lawmakers to go against his godfather.. very easy!

Infact if he had made Martins Amaewhule governor, the same would have happened.

I don't agree with your theory


If Wike administered on House of Assembly members in order to command their loyalty, he definitely would have administered bigger oath on the gover

We have no evidence that some of the House of Assembly are also not political neophytes

SpiritMoney:
You are either Naive or living under a rock these past 30 years.
Why do you think Wike chose Fubara? Because he wanted a lackey who wouldn't question him.
A civil servant without a political bone in is body. So he didn't even bother putting in enough effort to cage him in "other" ways.

I agree absolutely with you
Perhaps, if Fubara had waited to get a full grip of power before starting the onslaught against Wike, he would have been able to buy some of them over

If not all, at least the seven house members from the Ijaw areas.

Fubara started the war without clear strategy

Alexis11:
Fubara didn't play his game well. The guy is not a politician. He betrayed Wike too early before doing his work on the legislatures.

Also, the Federal status that Wike has is a big incentives for them. Had Wike not made the FCT minister, things would probably have been different.

So how did Fubara secure Wike's commitment to sponsor him? From your theory, maybe they also had blood oath. If that theory is true, how did Fubara now went away from Wike and no harm from the supposed blood covenant has happened to him? Lol

SpiritMoney:
Because a blood oath was taken. You think its ordinary? Dey play. Their lives and that of their families are on the line.

Wike is wiling to destroy any of them and I mean it literally who goes against him.
It is fear...not respect!!!

Fubara doesn't have the balls to go the extra mile to secure loyalty.