Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to deal with his Edo State counterpart, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
“I will smoke you out. I will make you lose weight”, Wike threatened Obaseki.
Wike said these at the commissioning of a community secondary school, Omuanwa, in Ikwerre LGA. He was responding to his being categorised as a bully by Obaseki. Obasaki, stung by Wike’s open threat against his Deputy, Philip Shaibu, called Wike a bully, and told him Edo State, historically, does not tolerate bullies.
But responding, Wike, not one to take prisoners belliwed:
“Obaseki said I’m a bully, but he came to beg a bully for ticket. A bully was his campaign DG, and a bully bullied him into Edo state Government House.
“It didn’t end there, he still came back with his wife to thank the bully after the election.
“I slept in Edo State for three days just to deliver Obaseki, but today, I’m a bully.
“If you check the DNA of Obaseki, what you’ll see is betrayal, serial betrayal and ungratefulness.
“He said I threatened PDP, assuming without conceding that I threatened PDP, I have every right to do so. I have invested in the party. Rivers State has invested in the party.
“Rivers State is one of the few states that has voted PDP since 1999, we have invested in the party.
“You’re a tenant in PDP, I have more stake in PDP than you.
“You said I’m causing crisis in Edo state, I have capacity, that is why I’m causing crisis. I challenge you to come and cause crisis in Rivers state, then you’ll know who is who.
“Obaseki, I know your cohorts, I will smoke all of you out.
“Obaseki, I challenge you to defect back to the APC, we’ll shave your head
“I know those using you, if I decide to run for President, I will win all of you.
“Obaseki, melembe melembe.
“The game has started, I will make you lose weight”
Wike, also, apologised profusely to Obaseki’s former boss and former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole. He said he now believed Oshiomhole’s warning that Obaseki is ” a serial betrayer and an ungrateful person.”
