365NEWS gathered that Minister of Federal Capital Territory and former Rivers State Governor Nyesome Wike has attacked one of his predecessors, ex-Rivers State Governor Peter Odili, saying he brought the latter back to life in state politics after years of being in a comatose state.
Wike disclosed this on Sunday in a trending video on X.
His comments come amid recent remarks by Odili that Governor Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers State stopped Wike from making the state his private estate.
Reacting, Wike said: “What our former governor said is unfortunate. This is somebody who is supposed to be an elder statesman and a father. He said the president has been able to stop one politician, one man who wants to convert Rivers State to his personal estate.
“You remember when I was a governor, Odili praised me to high heavens. In fact, he said no governor combined has done what I did. Why in 2007, when he left power, he couldn’t be near power because Ameachi was in power? He was gone. When I came in as governor in 2015, I brought him back to life.”
This comes as Wike said he is focused on his assignment as Minister of Federal Capital Territory.
FCT Minister also described the former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, as a ‘General Overseer’ who has turned the state into his personal estate.
Wike said Odili made sure his wife and two daughters held high-level positions in the state.
Odili, in his remarks, said Fubara summoned unusual fortitude to confront Wike’s quest of capturing the state through ferocious but unnecessary political war.
However, in a statement by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, Wike said: “Between him and myself, who has turned Rivers State to his personal estate? His wife is a Chairman of Governing Council, his daughter is a commissioner, his other daughter is a judge and he is the general overseer.
“Who has now turned Rivers State to his private estate? I am sure if care is not taken if there is a chance, he can even arrange a marriage for the governor.
“It was his nephew, his late senior brother’s son, that was recommended for commissioner. He took the slot and gave it to his own daughter.
“Someone who didn’t remember to stand for the son of his late elder brother, is that an elder statesman?”
