How Secondus Was Frog Jumped, Flogged  By Military Officer For Ugly Behaviour –  Wike

By Charles Igbo

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has revealed how the former National Chairman of his Party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was humiliated by a Military officer for an alleged unwholesome behaviour.

Wike spoke on Saturday, 24th December, 2022, during the inauguration of the Omagwa-Aluu road, Omagwa, in the Ikwerre  Local Government Area of the State.

Two former friends and close political allies, Wike was responsible for the installation of Secondus as Chairman, and his eventual sack from office. They have been bitter enemies since then. And the relationship has worsened since Atiku Abubakar emerged the Presidential Candidate of the PDP, when he beat Wike to a second place, and by-passed him to pick Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate.

While Wike has refused to have anything to do with  Atiku’s Presidential Campaign, Secondus is right at the centre as Atiku’s Technical Adviser, to the chagrin of Wike who has been campaigning, openly, against Atiku.

For Wike and Secondus, things came to a head a few days ago when Wike declared that he would announce the Presidential candidate of his choice in January to Rivers people and campaign nationwide for him.

Stung by Wike’s boast of telling Rivers people his choice, Secondus responded that no one person has the power to tell Rivers people the Candidate to vote for.

Wike’s response came on Saturday, and he hit hard.

Aside from insisisting that Secondus has no business with PDP affairs, having been expelled by his Andoni Ward, and the expulsion endorsed by Court of Appeal, Wike then took Secondus to, excuse this cliché, the cleaners.

He disclosed that Secondus is not trusted by Rivers people, and he explained why.

According to the Governor, Secondus, allegedly, got involved in an unwholesome  behaviour, where he brazenly cheated his Andoni people. He said Secondus abandoned a Road Project for his Andoni people which contract was given to him. He alleged that instead of executing the contract, Secondus, allegedly, pocketed the money.

Wike also disclosed how Secondus was publicly disgraced by Col Austin Akobundu, retired. Akobundu, Wike said, not only frog-jumped Secondus, but, also, flogged him.

Wike: “The reason Rivers people cannot trust Secondus is because of an ugly role he played in 2019 and alleged propensity to abandon projects.

“Ask him what happened when the Military took over, when the NRC was in power. Ada George was the Governor of the State. Ask him what happened at Ohamini Road. Why was he asked to frog-jump.

Col Akobundu, rtd, who was of course the Organising Secretary, flogged him. Why? He couldn’t do the project of the Ohamini Road.

“Ask him from 1999 when Odili became Governor. Every project Dr Odili gave to Andoni through him, ask him which one has been completed. Every company that the State Government would pay money to, instead  of you (Secondus) to allow the Company to do the job, you will collect the money. That is why it is difficult, and why we have not been able to commission the Andoni aspect of the road.”

The Presidential election will hold on February 25, 2023. But Atiku has not been able to go to Rivers State for rally and campaign.

The fear is that Wike could abort it by refusing to approve a venue for the rally

A few days ago, the Rivers State Government sealed the Atiku Campaign Office in Rivers State, located at the new GRA. It cited Executive Order 22, which was recently signed by Wike, and which prohibits Political Parties from siting their offices in residential areas without Government permission.

The Rivers State Government refused to give Atiku’s Presidential Campaign Council permission, disclosing that they did not submit documents relating to the ownership of the property.