You Gave PDP A Lot Of Trouble As APC Chairman, Wike Tells Oshiomhole

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said Adams Oshiomhole gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a lot of trouble during his time as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Wike stated this at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.

The Rivers governor also disclosed that PDP members celebrated the former governor of Edo state’s removal as APC chairman by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in 2020.

Wike asserted that the celebration of Oshiomhole’s removal was because of how strong-headed he was while he led the ruling party and made things difficult for the opposition.

He said: “I know you; you are not someone who will like to flatter anybody. You shoot straight. that is why when you were shooting straight as Chairman of the party, some people were not happy and they had to gang up for you to leave. So, you can see the reality. You may think you want to straighten things, and some people will call you back, ‘My friend, you are straightening too much, bend!’

“Nigerians don’t like anything that is too straight. They will find a way to circumvent it to make sure the person who wants to do the right thing is taken out but God’s time is the best and I believe that is God’s time. If God didn’t sanction it, it won’t have happened even though we were happy because you were too strong.

“Anybody who watches you talk sometimes the opposition doesn’t know what to say again. So, the day you were removed, we said God thank you that this trouble man has gone. He has given us a lot of heat. You can see how comfortable we are now.” 

Naija News recalls that Oshiomhole was suspended by his ward in Edo State in March 2020 with a High Court in the Federal Capital Territory subsequently ordering Oshiomhole’s suspension as the APC national chairman.