{"id":155285,"date":"2025-03-15T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T13:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-crisis-let-nobody-deceive-you-fubara-not-ijaw-man-wike"},"modified":"2025-03-26T23:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:44:23","slug":"rivers-crisis-let-nobody-deceive-you-fubara-not-ijaw-man-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-crisis-let-nobody-deceive-you-fubara-not-ijaw-man-wike","title":{"rendered":"Rivers crisis: Let nobody deceive you, Fubara not Ijaw man \u2013 Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor Similayi Fubara is not an Ijaw man.<\/p>\n<p>Wike stated this while addressing a large number of Kalabari people at a reception organized for him on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Wike had recently claimed that an Ijaw man would not have become governor in Rivers State without his support, talking about Fubara.<\/p>\n<p>Wike said the Ijaw ethnic group does not constitute the majority in any of the Niger Delta states except Bayelsa.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came amid the ongoing political crisis in the Rivers State, with Wike and Fubara at the center of the feud.<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, Wike said that people from the Opobo clan of Rivers State, where the governor comes from, are not real Ijaw people.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Kalabaris on Saturday, Wike was more direct, saying, \u201cLet nobody deceive you that the governor is Ijaw; he is not. All of you are Ijaw; are you benefiting? Politics is interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must come up to say people must not behave and treat people, used and dump them and then you say it\u2019s politics. That politics has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor Similayi Fubara is not an Ijaw man. Wike stated this while addressing a large number of Kalabari people at a reception organized for him on Saturday. 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