The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Saturday, warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors against interfering in the Rivers State political crisis.
PDP governors during a meeting in Taraba State on August 23 reaffirmed their support for their Rivers State counterpart, Siminalayi Fubara, on the crisis in the oil-rich state.
They also promised to work for the restoration of Fubara as PDP leader in the state.
The governor fell out with Wike, his predecessor, over the control of the party’s structure and other reasons in September last year.
The two former allies no longer see eye-to-eye despite efforts by President Bola Tinubu and other concerned parties to broker peace and restore normalcy in the state.
Wike, who spoke during the PDP state congress held at the party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt, vowed that he would not allow anyone to take over the party’s structure in Rivers State.
He warned the governors to stay clear of the party’s affairs in Rivers.
He threatened to cause a political crisis in their states if any PDP governor tried to interfere in the party’s affairs in Rivers.
Wike said: “Let me assure all of you, not while we live will anybody take away the structure of 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 don’t want peace – anything you see you take.
“Because I heard they got some money from a signature bonus, and so their heads are getting big that you will put a hand in my own state. Prepare because I have the capacity to also do the same thing in your own state.
“Whether you are from Bauchi, I don’t give a damn, whichever state you are from, as far as I know, that you are trying to put yourself in Rivers State, your hand will get burnt, and you will never sleep in your state.”
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