By Adesina Soyooye
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, caused a stir in Abuja on Sunday, when he renamed one of former Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha’s properties – a hall.
Wike was a guest at the dedication ceremony of Okorocha’s grandson by his daughter, Uloma, and her husband, Uche Nwosu.
The reception was held at one of Okorocha’s properties – a Hall – which Okorocha had named APC Hall. Wike reportedly renamed it Christian hall.
Wike: “You said this is APC Hall. I came here, I didn’t see any APC member. Today, I have converted it to Christian Hall.”
Wike was appalled that he did not see any APC Governor or other high profile members of the party at the ceremony. He said: “If Rochas was Governor, you would have seen lot of Governors here.I came here, I didn’t even see any APC member.”
On Okorocha’s running battle with the law which has seen the seizure of a number of his properties by the Imo State Government, allegedly, illegally acquired by him, and his recent arrest and detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wike said it was a “political persecution”.
He said: “Owelle is facing a lot of crisis. It is not easy to pass through these crises. But it will come, and it will be over.
“I want to encourage him and his son-in-law (Uche Nwosu) to be strong. If it doesn’t happen like this, you won’t know that God loves you. You will go through these battles for you to know that there is God.”
Even though nobody has confirmed it, there are speculations that Okorocha would defect to the PDP. Between him and the APC, his party, there seems to be no love lost.
Recently, he was a guest of the EFCC for 48 hours. He is currently on an administrative bail.
