The Peoples Democratic Party’s Elders Forum has apologised to Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike for the ongoing feud between him and his successor, Siminalayi Fubara.
The elders, led by Boma Iyaye, Executive Director of Finance at the Niger Delta Development Commission, apologised to Wike on Saturday during the Rivers State Ijaw Peoples Congress, which was held in his honour in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Iyaye added that the Ijaw people were sorry for Fubara’s disgrace and public contempt for the minister.
He said, “On behalf of our people, we are apologising to you for what our son is doing to you. We are sorry. We are sorry because it is not in our nature to pay evil for good. You have done well for us, and we will continue to say thank you.
“Your Excellency, do not, because of this bad behaviour of our son, run away from us. Continue to be our brother. Continue to have us in mind. We have never set our feet on the number one seat of Rivers State. You made it possible for us to become the governor of Rivers State.”
Ferdinard Anabraba, the Chairman of the Elders Forum, PDP Rivers State, berated the Fubara government, saying that the Ijaw nationality would not forget Wike.
“The aberration we are seeing in the administration of Rivers State is only a demonstration of lack of political discharge of an individual and by no means the opinion of Ijaw people.
“We, the Ijaw, see you as the light of Rivers State. You are indeed a notable strategist in Nigeria’s contemporary politics. And without doubt, you are the most celebrated Ijaw politician of national recognition,” he said.
