Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Bayelsa State in the 2023 elections, Udengs Eradiri, has come out to speak about the rift between Siminilayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike. He recently had his say while speaking with Samuel Ese during an interview, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Udengs revealed that Fubara has no choice but to beg Nyesom Wike because he was the one who bit the finger that fed him, which completely goes against the values of an Ijaw man.
According to him, even if Wike clearly has his own excesses, it was very wrong of Fubara to turn his back on his boss after just 3 months and expect him not to fight back.
Eradiri insisted that no one knew about Fubara before Wike brought him into politics, therefore, it was very dishonourable for him to get into power and immediately forget who helped him get there.
“If he does not beg Wike, what will he do? Who is Sim without Wike? Look, it is even disloyal on the part of an Ijaw man to bite the finger that fed him.
That’s what Sim did nau. In three months, you begin to bite the hand that fed you. Don’t you see where it has led to? The only option is for him to go back and apologise to his leader.
Me, I don’t tolerate it o! I don’t know those people who were fanning the embers of this. Wike may have whatever excesses that he has, but three months? Who is Sim? In your life, did you hear about Sim before?
This guy brought you in, collapsed all interests to say you should take care of everybody,” he said.
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Udengs further noted that Fubara shouldn’t even be listening to the Governor of Bayelsa State, who keeps supporting him to disrespect his boss, stressing that Douye Diri currently has the longest-serving commissioners because he values respect.
He maintained that the only solution for Fubara is to kneel before Wike and ask for forgiveness, since he obviously lacks the capacity to manage state resources and political interests on his own.
“In fact, the worst part is that Bayelsa State Governor, who is supporting him to disrespect his boss, has the longest serving commissioners because of respect for agreement.
Bayelsa State House of Assembly members who have four terms – they don’t do more than two terms in Bayelsa Assembly, but there are people with four terms because of the agreement. You know, all of us are supporting you, so you will give these people back their assembly seats.
He said, ‘yes sir.’ He did not change one. About 90 per cent of the commissioners in Bayelsa were from the former governor. Go and find out. The Commissioner for Finance is the longest serving commissioner in Nigeria. Go and find out. It’s because he respects his boss.
Why is he encouraging Sim to disrespect his own boss? That is my position. Was I not a commissioner in the last government? So, what I’m telling you, I’m not telling you what they told me. I’m telling you what I know. You respect your own, you will send a private jet to go and carry him, but you want your brother to disrespect his boss.
So my brother, the only solution for him is to go and kneel to his boss and say, forgive me because this thing about political structure is very difficult to handle. If you don’t have capacity you cannot manage political interest, and a governor must be somebody who has capacity to manage both state resources and political interest. Sim does not have that capacity,” he added.
