Demola Olarenwaju, the Special Assistant on Digital Media Strategy to former PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is intimidating Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, by using the Nigeria Police Force and the court system.
Olarenwaju charged Wike with attempting to ignite Rivers State through the courts and police.
The former aide expressed regret for Wike’s cooperation with the IGP in a post on his X Twitter on Friday.
He was reacting to reports that Fubara stormed the headquarters of the Rivers State Independence Electoral Commission (RSIEC) following an attempt by the police to prevent Saturday’s local government election from holding.
He wrote, “Tinubu’s Minister, Wike is dragging the courts and the police into his political beef with his successor Governor Sim Fubara whom the people are with.
“It is a shame to him and his record as a former Governor that he wants to set his own state on fire, but Fubara is fully on ground.
“Terribly sad and absolutely condemnable that Nyesom Wike in connivance with the IGP are fomenting trouble in Rivers. This is entirely on APC under Tinubu’s watch.
“A sad throwback to the dangerous federal gangsterism days of early Democracy that Rivers’ people must resist.”