A group of Rivers State Elders, led by a former Governor, Rufus Ada George, has called on President Bola Ahmed to call the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order over his threat to cause violence in some States.
The Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum made the call in an open letter they wrote to draw the attention of President Tinubu to what they called the unsavory and demeaning threat statements widely circulating on news headlines made by the Minister in Port-Harcourt, the State capital, on Saturday, 31st of August 2024.
The group, in the letter, said they are concerned by Wikes assertion that at the event as reported that: Let me assure all of you, not while we live will anybody take away the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (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 dont want peace anything you see you take”.
The Elders said that the above statement and threats consciously made by Wike to put fire in those States are callous, mischievous, unacceptable, and and amounted to clear undermining of Nigerias democracy and national security.
They, therefore, enjoined the President to make Wike to realize the importance of the high office he holds and the responsibility expected of him by the Nigerian State.
