Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, has been
accused of flooding his Rumueprikom community in Obio/Akpor Local Government
Area of Rivers State with policemen because of the support of the paramount
ruler, Eze Anthony Owabie and the people for Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
It was learnt yesterday in Port
Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, that efforts were also made by Wike’s
supporters in Rumueprikom to remove Owabie, but resisted by the peace-loving
people. The monarch is still operating in his palace, with the symbol of
authority.
Loyalists of the supervising
minister of education tried to impose Amaewhule Barry Wopara on Rumueprikom
people as the new king, but the people rose in unison and said it would not
happen, forcing Wopara to be operating from his private house.
The people of the community also
urged President Goodluck Jonathan to call Wike to order, in order to avoid
escalation of the crisis. They pleaded with the Rivers state government to come
to their rescue.
It was also gathered that Wike, a
two-term Chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA, became angry with the paramount ruler for
receiving the Caretaker Chairman of the council, Chikaordi Dike, in his palace
and making comments which the minister was not comfortable with.
Dike recently visited the palace and
presented a 500 KVA transformer for the use of the community and a 50 KVA
sound-proof generator for the comfort of the monarch and other people in the
palace.
During the presentation, Owabie said
the people of the community had been suffering and being in darkness for so
long, in spite of Wike hailing from Rumueprikom, making the supervising
minister of education and his cohorts to vow to remove him.
One of the elders of Rumueprikom,
who would not want his name in print, in a telephone interview last night,
said: “Wike and his supporters in our community made attempts to remove our
paramount ruler, Eze Anthony Owabie, for not backing them to fight Governor
Rotimi Amaechi.
“Eze Owabie refused to play politics
with kingship and decided that whoever wanted to visit him in his palace would
be received, which made him to receive the Obio/Akpor Caretaker Chairman, which
angered Wike.
“Without any formality, Wike simply
announced the removal of Eze Owabie, believing that his pronouncement in the
community would be final, but he was surprised with the people’s resistance, in
spite of the presence of his policemen at Rumueprikom..
“Wike has vowed to deal with anybody
in Rumueprikom who associates with Governor Amaechi. Wike is now intimidating
the chiefs of our community to sign a document to remove the paramount ruler,
forgetting that it is a traditional and hereditary stool.
“We want Governor Amaechi and the
Rivers State Government to come to the rescue of the people of Rumueprikom.
President Jonathan must also call Wike to order. We are being victimised for
supporting Governor Amaechi.”
The elder of Rumueprikom also urged
Amaechi, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), to ensure
the recognition of the second class stool, empower the people and bring more
development projects to the community
The supervising minister of
education, a former Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, who is the
Director-General of Amaechi Campaign Organisation in 2011, is also the grand
patron of the Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI).
Secretary-General of the GDI, Samuel
Nwanosike, described the allegations levelled against the supervising education
minister as very unfortunate, baseless and annoying.
Nwanosike said last night: “The
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
conference has just ended in France. Wike and other eminent personalities left
Nigeria for France seven days ago for the conference and their plane has just
landed at Abuja airport.
“The persons who levelled the
allegations against Wike are mischievous. Owabie was deposed by the people of
Rumueprikom, not Wike, as he cannot decide who will be the paramount ruler. The
stool is not hereditary. The minister does not know about flooding the
community with policemen.”
The supervising minister of
education also urged Rumueprikom people to continue to be law-abiding and
support the focused Jonathan’s administration, especially the President’s
re-election in 2015.
The Rivers police Spokesman, Ahmad
Muhammad, could not be reached last night for his comment.
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Who is dat foolish man saying Wike doesn't know how police gets to his community?Does he think he is talking to fools like him or is Mbu not wit Wike`s camp or d presidency dat use d police like errand dogs no more their backbones?Wike even at ur own backyard u are not popular rather u are imposing on d people to vote 4 Jonathan,do u think u can buy d conscience,u can't u are just wasting ur time,go n bring all d police in Abuja to ur town it doesn't change anytin,soon u will say there is no security in d country wen u are placing d police in d where it is not necessary,one unelected person will also be going around wit security personels as if she is doing carnival,dis people doesn't deserve to be in dis positions dat is d truth including their oga at d top
ReplyDeleteThey don't have anything to say now. Those who decided to support a thug. He's not even regarded in his hometown.
ReplyDeleteI now know that people who work with wike don't know anytin,stupid woanosike said the tool is not Hereditary how is it done.FOOL who call wiht black.
ReplyDeleteWhoever published this trash does not know how popular Wike is amongst his people. The illiterate traditional ruler out of greed for 2nd class stool which Amaechi promised him, desecrated his stool by pouring libation for Wike,s death, forgetting that Wike made him what he is today. Wike was instrumental to his installation, built him a house, bought him a brand new car and even married a new wife for the fool, yet he could not control his greedy miserable life and dared his benefactor, the result is the anger of the gods and people of rumuepirikon. The idiot stands dethroned, if Amaechi who misled him loves him so much let him take the moron to ubima to rule over his people, his chapter is closed in rumuepirikon. In rumuepirikon if you touch Wike you have touched the people and the result is this feat facing this ungrateful Anthony Owabie the ex ruler.
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