By Samuel Solomon
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has replied the people calling for his sack, saying, it is within the right of President Bola Tinubu to do so if he so wished.
Wike stated this on Sunday, during a “thank you” visit to his Local Government Area, Obio-Akpor, in Rivers, stressing that since 1999, the people have not disappointed him.
Some politicians and other interest groups have been calling on Tinubu to sack Wike over the protracted political crisis in Rivers.
But Wike said there is no sentiment or emotion in politics, what matters is interest; the interest of the people.
He added that “power is not given but taken” saying, “for the people of Obio/Akpor, we have the power to dictate who becomes a governor in Rivers.
“There is no sentiment, there is no emotion. Politics is an interest; the interest of your people. Power is not given; we struggle for it. After all, if Donald Trump did not have power, would he go to Venezuela to pick a president? He wouldn’t. Because he has power, that’s why he can act,” Wike said.
“So for the people of Obio/Akpor, we have the power to dictate who becomes governor. All these people commenting from the sidelines, ask them if their local government, which produced only 5,000 votes, can challenge one that produced 40 per cent of the votes? Let us see how it will work.
“So, if you like, abuse us, after abusing us, come and look for our votes and we will punish you with the votes.
“Don’t bother about people who say ‘sack him.’ If my appointor believes that I cannot offer anything again, he has the right; it is not in your place to tell him what to do,” he revealed.
He said Tinubu knows his worth and as such, does not need anybody to tell him what to do.
The minister said Tinubu had done so much for Rivers people, stressing that the people would return the favour in 2027.
To his distractors, the minister explained that he chose to be a politician and not a pastor, a trader, a public commentator or journalist, urging them to allow him to play his politics.
