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Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has named the politicians he is fighting against in Rivers state.
According to Wike, he is not at war with his estranged political son, the suspended Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi Fubara.
He named those he is fighting with as Celestine Omehia, Abiye Sekibo and Austin Okpara.
Wike stated this in an interview with BBC Pidgin released on Saturday afternoon.
“I am fighting those who want to reap where they did not sow.
“People like Celestine Omehia, Abiye Sekibo and Austin Okpara.
“I have defeated them before and I will give them the final defeat,” Wike said.
Wike further claimed that Omehia, Sekibo and Okpara are the ones pushing Fubara to go head-to-head with him.
This comes amid reports that Fubara, who was suspended by President Bola Tinubu following a declaration of a State of Emergency, has apologised to Wike.
In other news, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, as he bemoaned the hardship being experienced by citizens.
Obasanjo made the remarks while speaking during Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture on Friday.
He insisted that if China could lift 700 million people out of poverty, Nigeria ought to have nothing to do with abject poverty.
While proffering a lasting solution to hunger across Africa, Obasanjo insisted that “education is one of the tools we can use to banish poverty. Where there’s no education, invariably, there will be poverty.”
According to Obasanjo, a country’s leadership has a big role to play in dealing with hardship and lack.
He said: “In all works of life, we must have leaders whose characters display ‘communality’.
“Leadership is the greatest ingredient for ending poverty. There’s no human endeavour that does not thrive on leadership.
“To get it right, we must ensure no child is uneducated.
“Nigeria can eliminate hunger and poverty with integrity, discipline, and good governance.
“We can do it if China can lift 700 million people out of poverty.
“Nigeria should have no business with abject poverty. If we don’t take responsibility, we all sit on a gunpowder keg.
“Until we banish poverty in Africa, international communities will not recognize us as a serious continent,” he said.
