The ongoing imbroglio raging in Rivers State, involving the former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike and his annointed successor, Sim Fubara is becoming interesting.
Interesting, in the sense that no one can predictably point to where the drama would end.
But before this time, a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, might have seen this day coming, since May 30, 2023, during a banquet held in honour of Governor Fubara and the FCT Minister.
According to THE WHISTLER, Fayose who is a close associate of Wike had warned Fubara, against locking horn with the former.
He also advised Fubara to clothe Wike in a garment of honour and to close his eyes completely to avoid seeing anything that could cause problems between them.
Recall that on Monday, the state lawmakers had passed a resolution to commence impeachment process of the governor. To pave way for this, they impeached the majority leader, Edison Ehie, a staunch supporter of Fubara.
Prior to this, suspected thugs on Sunday night invaded the Assembly complex and burnt part of the building in a supposed attempt to stop Fubara’s impeachment.
For the record, read below words of Fayose at the State Banquet held on May 30, 2023.
“I used to be a tough man until I met you and realized that troublemaker ‘get level’,” Fayose said, adding in Pidgin English “Because somebody wey no dey tire and say he will fight you, you have to find a solution to your problem. So I made up my mind, it is better to be with you than to be against you.
“The Englishman says if you can’t beat them, you join them. And that will be the basis of my advice for the new governor.
“Whether you like it or not, give it to Wike. Whether you like it or not, he has set a pace. Anybody who tries to reverse that pace would mess himself up.
“He has placed this man in a position (that) till eternity, as long as he lives, nobody can rubbish him. He came, he saw, and he conquered.
“Let me tell you today, Governor Wike and Governor Fubara, this plane you want to start flying now, I flew that plane before you by the grace of this man.
“Sir Sim Fubura, you must clothe this man in a garment of honour. For me to be governor of Ekiti, I suffered. I suffered. In the course of the governorship, I was removed.
“I want to say to you, sir, you came in with the hands of God. You are a miracle governor. Today, you are the governor of this state by the grace of this gentle, old, responsible father of democracy in this state.
“My brother, the day your eyes begin to see, you will miss the road. Close your eyes completely. Maybe if I have a Godfather, I won’t have trouble. Maybe if I had a Godfather Our father here (Peter Odili), and Wike, I would not have problem. I didn’t have one, they all oppressed me, and they showed me Pepe. So, the moment your eyes begin to see in this government, you will have problem o.
“The way you would use your eight years is in your hands.
“Like Adam and Eve, the very day Adam began to rationalise God’s words and realised that ‘I’m now a man,’ he entered the gutter.
“Don’t see more than you are supposed to see. The moment you want to see more than you’re supposed to see, you will see spirits o. I know Wike o. If he says he will fight you, it’s either you surrender or you look for that trouble to the end. God will not find you Wike’s problem o.”
