Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has revealed that he
will never visit President Muhammadu Buhari.
Wike stated this on Wednesday while reacting to the
president’s statement that some governors ran to Aso Villa for help over
insecurity in their states.
Wike, in his statement, by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri,
said Buhari should have identified the governors.
He also told Buhari to stop shifting responsibilities on governors.
He said the president is the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed
Forces and cannot declare that governors are in charge of security in their
respective states.
Wike added that Buhari should tell Nigerians he can no
longer secure the country instead of shifting responsibilities.
He said: “Mr President, you are the Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. You appoint Inspector
General of Police. You appoint the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff,
the commissioners of police, the Director of Department of State Services and
other heads of security.
“Which one do we appoint? How can people appointed by Mr.
President be under me?”
“It is not only to borrow money for Nigeria that you’re in
charge. You must, also, be in charge of other things including security. Who
signed order 10? Is it the governors? It is not when things are going bad
concerning security, and you say you’re not in charge, and it becomes
governors’ responsibility,” he stated.
Wike, however, advised the APC-led Federal Government to
agree that it could no longer fulfill promises made to Nigerians.
The governor said Nigerians should begin to compare the
performances of the Peoples Democratic Party governors with their APC
counterparts.
He said, “Mr. President was short of calling names of those
governors who run to Aso Rock when they are supposed to stay in their states to
see the needs of their states and people.
“Mr. President should have come out openly and said, ‘my APC
governors, stop worrying me. Go back to your states and do your work.’ On that,
I support him.
“Thank God, Mr. President knows that I am not one of those
that go to visit him over one problem or the other. I, as the governor of
Rivers under the PDP, you’ll never find me there.”
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