As the war of words between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike continues, the Rivers State Government has called on Atiku Abubakar to rein on his aides if not he will be given a bloodied nose again.
Recalled that the Atiku Abubakar’s camp described Governor Wike as a drunkard still basking on his defeat at the Last Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries.
But in a swift response the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Senibo Chris Finebone, noted that the duo of Prank Shuaibu and Daniel Bwala are nonentities who should be ignored.
In an electronic mail sent to Niger Delta Herald, Finebone stressed that “Shuaibu’s nebulous background, pedestrian and trivial comments do not merit any repetition or response here, it is rather disappointing that Daniel Bwala, a lawyer, would make a TikTok video clip admonishing Rivers people on who and how to vote in the forthcoming governorship and state assembly elections this Saturday.
“It is understandable how failure of the type of proportion their camp recently suffered on February 25 and the imminent loss of source of survival could cause. But that should not disorient their reasoning to the point of throwing tantrums at Gov Wike.”
The statement read: “The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to a string of shameful attacks on the person of His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, GSSRS, Life Bencher and governor of Rivers State, by aides of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar namely, Phrank Shuaibu and Daniel Bwala.
“While Shuaibu’s nebulous background, pedestrian and trivial comments do not merit any repetition or response here, it is rather disappointing that Daniel Bwala, a lawyer, would make a TikTok video clip admonishing Rivers people on who and how to vote in the forthcoming governorship and state assembly elections this Saturday.
“ It is understandable how failure of the type of proportion their camp recently suffered on February 25 and the imminent loss of source of survival could cause. But that should not disorient their reasoning to the point of throwing tantrums at Gov Wike.
“It is important to remind their ilk in the Atiku camp that whatever that befell them was self inflicted. They were unable to persuade their principal, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to do the right and simple thing of keeping to their words. We hope they have learnt about the fact that there are consequences for bad behaviour. Letting the frustration of failure drive them into a state of hysteria and paranoia is needless and can do them more political harm.
“Alhaji Atiku Abubakar must leach his attack dogs or be ready to bear the full consequences, including collateral effects, that a robust response may bring from Gov Nyesom Wike and his team. A word should be enough for the wise!”
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