By Adesina Soyooye
The immediate past Rivers State Head of Service, Dr. George Nwaeke has been stripped naked by his Etche Nationality.
Nweke was the Head of Service under the suspended Government of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. He resigned from office a couple of days after the arrival of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, rtd, the Sole Administrator of the State appointed on March 18 by President Bola Tinubu on proclaiming a State of Emergency in the State.
Tinubu suspended Governor Fubara, his Deputy, Dr. Ngozi Odu and Members of the House of Assembly for an initial period of six months no thanks to the political crisis which engulfed the State since October 2023, triggered by a fall out between immediate past Governor of the State and now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and his estranged political godson, Fubara.
A few days after Nweke’s resignation, he stabbed Fubara at the back. On a sudden arranged trip to Abuja, Nweke, who according to his wife, Florence, told her that he resigned from office because he was being forced to sign some documents against Fubara, turned coat. At a purported Press Conference in a hotel room in Abuja, he reeled out alleged atrocities committed by Fubara in his 18 months of governance in the State. His disclosures shocked not a few people, including his wife who countered him and told Journalists that her husband spoke under duress. In his right senses, his wife said, Nweke would never say a word against Fubara.
However, a group in his Etche Nationality, Rivers State, Etche Ethnic Nationality Simplified Movement, at a Press Conference on Tuesday, 1st April, 2025, did not express surprise at Nweke’s betrayal of Fubara.
They alleged that betrayal is Nweke’s stock in trade. They said because he is known for that, he was, usually, not invited to meetings in Etche where serious decisions are to be taken.
They pointed out that it is because of his untrusworthiness that he was never considered worthy of an Etche Chieftaincy title, even when he held the office of Rivers State’s number one civil servant.
They tore his allegations against Fubara into shreds, and asked that he be invited by Security Agencies for interrogation. Finally, the Group disowned him, submitting that the character he displayed is alien to Etche people who abhore betrayal.
Following is the full text of the Press Conference.
PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE ETCHE ETHNIC NATIONALITY SIMPLIFIED MOVEMENT ON THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 2025
“The people of Etche Ethnic Nationality met on Monday, the 31st of March, 2025 to deliberate on issues affecting the state and the nation including the false claims of corruption and sponsorship of violence made against His Excellency, Sir Siminilayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State by one Dr. George Nwaeke.
” At the end of the meeting, the following resolutions were reached:
“●1. That Dr. George Nwaeke, the former Head of Rivers State Civil service is a liar, betrayer and notoriously untrustworthy. As a result, he is usually not invited to meetings of Etche ethnic nationality where crucial issues affecting Etche Ethnic Nationality are discussed due to his unstable character.
“●2. That notwithstanding his rise to the position of Head of Rivers State Civil Service, the highest position in the civil service, the Etche Ethnic Nationality did not consider him worthy of recognition as a chief, an honour bestowed on her deserving illustrious sons.
“●3. An eloquent testament to Dr. George Nwaeke’s unstable character is the conflicting account issued by himself and his wife as per his now infamous trip to Abuja. Dr. Nwaeke who lied and deceived his wife is unworthy of any iota of credit. The world must treat his theatrics for its mere entertainment and amusement values and nothing more.
“●4. Before his trip to Abuja, Dr. Nwaeke had approached the Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt for financial assistance in exchange for his loyalty. It is unbecoming that such a highly placed government official known to have valuable assets within and outside Nigeria was more interested in personal financial agradisement than honour and integrity. From the foregoing, his insatiable appetite for financial gain is the only explanation for his baseless allegations against the Governor in order to please his pay masters and thereby ridiculing himself.
“●5. In the now viral clip of Dr. Nwaeke’s drama sketch which he tagged “press conference”, Dr. Nwaeke was commanded thus: “You will read from the text I wrote.” And he thereafter read from the “text” that was written for him. This underscores that the so-called press conference by Dr. Nwaeke was staged by persons who are desperate to paint our innocent and performing Governor and other respected sons of Rivers State in bad light and Dr. Nwaeke, being a man lacking in honour and dignity, was a willing tool in their hand. This is very unfortunate.
“●6. We invite the security agencies to investigate the conducts of Dr. Nwaeke with a view to holding him accountable for peddling falsehood against the Governor of Rivers State and other prominent Rivers sons. This will serve as a deterrent to others who may wish to propagate falsehood against innocent persons for financial or other benefits.
“●7. For the avoidance of doubt, the people of Etche Ethnic Nationality are not betrayers. We are a people who believe in the common good of Rivers State and therefore shocked at the despicable conduct of Dr. George Nwaeke. Accordingly, we the people of Etche Ethnic Nationality hereby disassociate ourselves from the shameful, ignoble, distasteful and childish behavior of Dr. George Nwaeke propelled by his insatiable greed for financial gains.
“●8. We hereby re-iterate our love, support, commitment and unalloyed loyalty to the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Sir Siminilayi Fubara and we reassure our beloved Governor of our collective resolve to continually stand by him and his administration.
“●9. Finally, we unequivocally and unreservedly condemn the unwarranted imposition of a State of Emergency in Rivers State, the suspension of the Governor, Deputy Governor and Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and hereby call on Mr. President to reconsider his decision in the best interest of Rivers State.”
Governor Fubara has since dismissed Nweke allegations as cock and bull stories and so have many others.
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