Those who are reportedly fueling the ongoing conflict
between former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili and Federal Capital Territory
Minister Nyesom Wike have received a strong warning from the Rivers State
Elders Council, which calls on them to stop right away.
This comes after a group of “Concerned Elders,” led by
Sir Celestine Omehia, a former governor of Rivers, made recent statements in
which they demanded that Wike apologize to Odili for their political
differences.
The council characterized the remarks made by the
Concerned Elders as “puerile” and lacking in bravery in a statement released in
Port Harcourt on Wednesday and signed by Senator Magnus Abe, Ferdinand
Alabraba, Emmanuel Anyanwu, and forty-two other notable Rivers elders.
According to the council, the so-called Concerned Elders were those who had
once supported Wike but were now depicted as Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s
supporters.
Because of his regard for Dr. Odili, Chief Nyesom Wike
has never said anything disparaging about him, despite his active involvement
in the current Rivers State problem, the statement said.
However, Odili’s comments during a recent Christmas
service, in which he allegedly accused Wike of trying to seize Rivers State as
his own domain, were denounced by the council. They called the remarks
unacceptable and unworthy of an aged statesman.
“We find it regrettable that the elders who made the
comments lacked the guts to inform the public of the circumstances behind
Nyesom Wike’s remarks,” the statement said. For willfully insulting the
Minister of the FCT, does Dr. Odili deserve respect in return? The response is
no.
Odili was accused by the elders of accommodating
Governor Fubara for his own benefit and encouraged to be more circumspect in
his public remarks. “We respectfully request that Dr. Peter Odili and his
associates stay away from Chief Nyesom Wike as they continue to manipulate the
Governor of Rivers State, their new benefactor, for their own selfish ends,”
the council said..
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