BREAKING: FCT Minister Wike speaks on losing political relevance in Rivers

FCT Minister Wike has has spoken on losing his political relevance in Rivers state, his base.

 

Newsonline Nigeria reports that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he is politically irrelevant without his base.

 

This Nigeria news platform understands that Wike said once he loses his base as a politician, he has lost his relevance politically.

 

The former governor of Rivers State further stated that no amount of calumny leveled against him would make him lose sleep.

 

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Receiving South-South leaders in his office on Tuesday in Abuja, Wike said the right thing must be done.

 

According to Wike: “All of us want to be politically relevant; all of us want to maintain our political structure.

 

“Is it not your political structure? Will you allow anybody to just cut you out immediately? Everybody has a base. If you take my base, am I not politically irrelevant?”

 

Newsonline Nigeria understands that the relationship between Wike and the Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara; his political son, is believed to have gone sour.

 

This led to some lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly moving to impeach Fubara.

 

The lawmakers who moved to impeach Fubara are said to be Wike’s loyalists.