By David E. Oguzierem
In Abuja, while receiving convention delegates from both APC and PDP, Nyesom Wike did what he knows how to do best—confuse the room, control the narrative, and pretend he’s not the one holding the remote.
A man comfortably operating in two political houses at once—APC upstairs, PDP downstairs—yet wants us to believe he is just a neutral elder statesman. In local terms? Na landlord wey dey collect rent from both tenants, then still dey claim say him no dey involved. Leader of both parties? Call am what it is—“Leader General of Confusion and Control.”
Of a truth, that Abuja speech was not a speech—it was a cocktail of threats, regrets, coded messages, and subtle blackmail. A man trying to clean his hands while still standing inside the mud.
At that gathering, Wike acted like a wounded lion. He claimed people are using his name to endorse candidates. Which people? In Rivers State? The same Rivers where nothing political moves without Wike’s shadow passing over it first? Please. Even mosquitoes no dey bite politically for Rivers without clearance.
That line alone tells you everything—this is not denial, this is damage control.
Wike said, “What happened before will not happen again.”
Let me interpret what he meant – “I gave power to someone I could not cage. Never again.”
And yes, let’s stop whispering—he was talking about Sir Siminalayi Fubara. The same man he handpicked like a loyal apprentice. The same man he thought would sit down, sign papers, nod his head, and say “Yes Oga” from morning till night.
But life no be Nollywood script.
The “quiet civil servant” refused to be turned into a rubber stamp. He chose governance over godfatherism. And that—ladies and gentlemen—is the real offense. Not incompetence. Not failure. Independence.
Wike said he won’t fall for intimidation or blackmail again.
That ‘talk’ alone can make even goats laugh.
Who perfected intimidation in Rivers politics?
Who turned loyalty into a survival requirement?
Who made grown men tremble like NEPA light?
Now he is the victim? Abeg, make we hear word.
Then came the funniest sermon of the year- He said, “If anybody brings money to you, take it… but I will not.”
Ah! So the system is still dirty, but he alone is now holy?
This is not leadership—this is double-faced politics. Chop the money quietly, pretend righteousness publicly. Rivers people understand this script—it’s older than Port Harcourt traffic.
And then, he dropped the spiritual angle: “God is not stupid.”
Once politicians start dragging God into their political regrets, just know say wahala don choke them. God didn’t impose candidates in Rivers—Wike did. Now that his “project” refused to become his puppet, suddenly heaven is involved?
That’s not divine wisdom—that’s political heartbreak wearing church clothes.
He said their eyes are open now.
Yes—open to look for a more obedient candidate. Someone who will not ask questions. Someone who will sign anything—even if it means turning Rivers treasury into a private ATM.
The truth is – Wike is not looking for a governor. He is looking for a remote-controlled device.
He talked about rejecting ethnic politics. Sounds nice on paper. But Rivers people know better—ethnicity is only bad when it doesn’t favour you. When it does, it becomes “strategy.”
Then came the most dangerous line of all:
“If they don’t agree, I will make them agree.”
That is not politics. That is not leadership. That is political bullying.
That one sentence exposes everything.
Consultation? Zero.
Consensus? Zero.
It’s control, pressure, and manipulation. And he even said how he does it is not our business. Exactly—that secrecy is the disease killing Rivers politics.
Then he boasted – “If anybody has money, we will swallow it.”
So elections are now buffet? Highest bidder brings food, Wike and his structure will chop, then still decide the winner?
That’s not democracy—that’s organized political eating.
Now let’s face the painful truth – Even if Wike is given another chance to pick a governor today, he will still fail. Not because Rivers lacks competent people—but because he doesn’t trust competence, he fears independence.
You cannot suffocate people and expect loyalty forever. Even generator go shut down if you overwork am.
That is exactly what happened with Siminalayi Fubara. A man brought in quietly, expected to obey silently—but he chose to lead boldly. When he refused to hand over Rivers’ resources like a personal inheritance, that became his crime.
So now Wike is hunting again—for another “loyal” candidate.
Let’s decode-
Someone who will surrender.
Someone who will not question.
Someone who will smile while being controlled.
But here is the painful irony—whoever he picks will still rebel tomorrow. Because no human being was born to be permanently remote-controlled.
And when that happens, we will hear the same tired line agai-
“I made a mistake.” Lol.
Mistake after mistake. Regret after regret. Pattern after pattern.
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Now look at the bigger picture. With Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC structure, and shifting national alliances, Rivers politics is no longer a backyard fight. It’s a full-blown power chessboard.
Wike is playing both sides—using Peoples Democratic Party as a weapon while keeping one leg comfortably inside All Progressives Congress.
That is not strategy—that is political duplicity at Olympic level.
Meanwhile, players like Hon. Kingsley Chinda and others are being positioned like chess pieces—visible, useful, but never truly in control.
That’s the game – scatter everyone, confuse the field, then dominate the outcome.
But let’s land this plane.
This is not about Wike anymore.
This is about Rivers State.
This is about the future.
And today, like it or not, one man stands at the center of that future—Siminalayi Fubara.
Not because he is perfect.
But because he has shown something rare in Rivers politics—the courage to say NO.
NO to control.
NO to political slavery.
NO to turning government into private property.
That alone makes him different.
Rivers people must wake up and understand this-
You don’t abandon a man because he refused to be controlled—you support him because he chose to stand.
As it stands today, Fubara represents the best available path to rescue Rivers State from political capture.
Give him stability.
Give him continuity.
Give him a second term.
Because the alternative is simple—and dangerous-
A return to control, chokehold politics, and recycled “mistakes.”
And Rivers people have suffered enough from one man’s “mistakes.”
My name is David Oguzierem and I want a prosperous, progressive and well developed and governed Rivers State.
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