Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, has berated and advised former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to reduce his consumption of alcohol.
Shaibu stated this following a revelation by Wike that his liver and kidneys failed due to “poisoning.”
Chronicle NG reported that during the Thanksgiving organized by Wike’s family on Sunday, Wike said his liver and kidneys failed after he was poisoned at the PDP’s Secretariat in 2018.
However, Shaibu berated Wike’s love for alcohol, especially whisky, which he has even admitted to drinking in the early hours of the day, that led to him flying to Beirut for treatment.
He said that with the high rate at which Wike drinks alcohol, he likely had alcohol poisoning and not food poisoning.
Governor Wike has always been upfront about his intense and indubitable love for whiskey. He even said back in March that he was sipping a 40-year-old whisky with his friends while watching Atiku and others protesting on TV at 11 am.
“Governor Wike has also been seen drinking and dancing in videos, including one he did with former Governor Rochas Okorocha. If Wike was indeed poisoned and his organs failed, he ought to be a teetotaller by now and reduce his drinking.
“I am not a medical doctor, but it is general knowledge that excessive alcohol consumption leads to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, digestive problems, and cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, oesophagus, voice box, liver, colon, and rectum,” he said.
“Other ailments associated with excessive drinking include weakening of the immune system, increasing the chances of getting sick; learning and memory problems, including dementia; and poor sexual performance. Wike should look inward. Let us assume that he was poisoned by food. Was his hoarse and husky voice also caused by food poisoning?” he asked.
Shaibu has also berated Wike for wearing a “misbutton” suit to the Aso Rock Villa.
In a post on Twitter, Shaibu attributed the mistake to Wike’s love for alcohol.
“When you drink a 40year old whisky at 11am everyday…there is no way you wouldn’t wear a ‘misbutton’ suit to the villa” Shaibu berated.
