We Were Aware Of Umahi’s Romance With APC – Wike Fires Back

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reacted to the statement of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State warning him to stay away from him.

The defection of Umahi from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress has seen the South East governors exchange words.

Recall that Umahi during an interview on Wednesday described Wike as a dictator while advising him to focus on the party.

The Ebonyi State Governor also warned that it would be dangerous if they take on themselves, he said, “Wike has called the PDP committee all kinds of unprintable names, and I have asked Gov. Wike, he is my friend, and let’s not take on ourselves because it will be very dangerous.”

Wike while speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday said Ebonyi State Governor can’t threaten him as they are not on the same level.

“Umahi cannot threaten me, he knows me too well. When the case of Edo State came up I stood firm and said we cannot go this way, if we go this way we will destroy our party and are bound to lose elections,” Wike said.

“It, therefore, requires everybody to sit together to agree, and when all of us agreed, we saw the success and that affected us in Ondo state because we could not agree.”

“If you saw the way Umahi spoke earlier, you’d know he’s a man that things aren’t good with him now.”

“I’m not at Umahi’s level. He said I single-handedly chose Secondus as PDP chairman. How could I? Secondus is from my state. I asked everyone to support him and everyone agreed, including Umahi.”

“Umahi has the right to move to the APC, it’s his constitutional right, but we cannot in all cases allow Umahi blackmail PDP that made him chairman of the party, deputy governor, and governor and then you now realize there is an injustice against the southeast.”

“All of us in PDP know the romance of Governor Umahi with the APC. We had a meeting and he came out to say he had an agreement with the president that he’d give the president 35 to 40 percent as the case may be.”