A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, not to mistake the peaceful nature of Ijaw people for weakness.
According Eze, Wike must desist from meddling into the politics of Bayelsa State.
The party chieftain warned the Minister that Bayelsa people do not play politics of betrayal, gangsterism and bitterness.
He advised the minister to be wary of the dangerous path he allegedly wants to toe which could destabilize and distract the administration of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State.
In a statement in Port Harcourt over the weekend, Eze, a former member of the APC Legacy media team, hailed Diri for nipping in the bud, the alleged ”evil and anti democratic plot by Wike to import political violence, thuggery, politics of rancour and acrimony into Bayelsa State.
Eze alleged that “Wike is busy plotting to replicate [the suspension of Gov Fubara, his deputy and lawmakers] by President Bola Tinubu, in Bayelsa State.
“So, plotting to import ground-swelling violence to Bayelsa, envisaging a declaration of another infamous state of emergency, is a ruse, that can never happen in the State,” Eze added.
“Governor Diri cannot stand aloof and watch Wike perpetrate dastardly acts in Bayelsa State.
“I urge Wike to bury the thought of fueling crisis in the Bayelsa PDP, with the hope of allowing the attendant consequences to snowball into a state-wide political violence.
“I caution Wike to desist from his infantile thinking and hallucination, and wake up to the realization that no amount of devious plots would make President Tinubu, to declare a state of emergency in Bayelsa State.
“With the ceaseless and senseless killings in the Plateau, Edo, Zamafara and other States, Wike ought to have advised Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria to justify his illegal declaration of emergency in Rivers State.
President Tinubu should not be arm twisted to believe that Diri's opposition to hosting of the mega rally in support of him and Wike as well as the inauguration of a political group, ‘The New Associates,' in Bayelsa, is an affront on Mr President's political interest, because that has been the tactics of Wike, just to curry favour from the presidency.
“Wike knows that Bayelsa is the cradle of the Ijaw nation, warning that their peaceful nature should not be mistaken for weakness, as no individual, in the name of playing dirty and do or die politics, has monopoly of violence or brain box of inciting unrest. “
