{"id":106579,"date":"2024-01-08T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T09:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-not-king-of-rivers-politics-elders-forum-member-ikoawaji"},"modified":"2024-01-08T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:20:41","slug":"wike-not-king-of-rivers-politics-elders-forum-member-ikoawaji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-not-king-of-rivers-politics-elders-forum-member-ikoawaji","title":{"rendered":"Wike not king of Rivers politics \u2013 Elders forum member, Ikoawaji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A member of the Rivers State Elders Forum, Asukuwe Ikoawaji, on Monday stated that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is not the king of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The statement followed a claim by the former Rivers State governor that the people will know who is in charge and who is not when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made the statement on Saturday while visiting the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Victor Giadom, raising speculation of another round of political realignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForget about these hungry noisemakers on the road. When the time comes, we will know who is in charge and who is not in charge. There is a time for everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not time for politics. When the time comes, we will know who is who. If you like, abuse me as you want. If you like, employ everybody on social media. I have never bothered myself one day to know who is abusing me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics will come. We didn\u2019t contest elections based on social media. We spoke to the people; they listened and believed in us,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n<p>However, while featuring on Arise Television\u2019s Morning programme on Monday, Ikoawaji said Wike is not the political king of Rivers State, insisting that nobody is in charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not true. And I\u2019m saying it with all amount of authority, Wike is not the political king of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife is turn by turn. If you think today is your turn, tomorrow will be another person\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a time people talk more than anybody that is talking today. But where are they today?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody has a right to say what he wants to say; in Nigeria you have a freedom of speech. But when the time comes, like I have said in a previous interview, the Rivers people will decide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody today can say \u2018I own Rivers State\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rivers people will decide when the time comes, no single person amongst six million Rivers people can say \u2018I am in charge\u2019. Nobody is in charge. Everybody has a right to say what he wants to say. This is a democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A member of the Rivers State Elders Forum, Asukuwe Ikoawaji, on Monday stated that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is not the king of Rivers State. 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