Speaking during the commissioning of the Orochiri-Worokwu flyover in Port Harcourt, Monday, Wike warned that he was in ‘in charge’ of Rivers and would not let anyone sideline the state no matter how highly placed.
“If you say Rivers does not matter, Rivers will tell you, you don’t also matter at an appropriate time,” Wike said during the road commissioning by governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
“If you don’t like us, we would not like you. If you like us, we would like you. Nobody will use our votes for nothing, our votes will matter and Rivers must benefit from anybody we are going to support. That’s the truth of the matter.”
The governor added: “Politics here is no longer about ‘vote for somebody’ (but) what would you do for the people of Rivers? So, people should calm down. We are coming, nobody should panic. I’m fully in charge, don’t you know that? I am fully in charge!
“I’m not that kind of governor anybody can bring to Abuja to hold meeting, I’m not that kind of governor, I’m fully in charge here. If you say I’m not in charge, put your head and see whether you will come out, so all these big names, forget it. We are in charge.”
Wike praised his Lagos counterpart for honouring his invitation to commission the project, noting that he was impressed about the level of infrastructure development in Lagos.
“Anytime I come to Lagos, I see what you are doing, I’m so impressed, that’s why I say you too – come and see what we are doing, it has nothing to do with party, it has to do with comparing notes and that’s the way we are supposed to work. Party is a vehicle that takes you to a destination, you come down and show that you have capacity to do something for your people."
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