Nyesom Wike
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has mocked a former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party who joined the All Progressives Congress, Femi Fani-Kayode last month.
According to Wike, he is not friends with Fani-Kayode because he talks so that he can be given something to eat.
Mr Wike told BBC Pidgin that he does not take anything Fani-Kayode says because he (Wike) does not like “artificial things”.
“I don’t why people are saying they are shocked, you see it is not everyone’s statement that you’ll take to heart, some persons talk so you can give them something to eat. Some talk so they can be saved from their problem, if they would even get saved,” he said, referring to Fani-Kayode’s ongoing trials for alleged fraud.
“Femi and I are not friends. He said I’m one of the governors he’s trying to reach. He can’t reach me. I don’t like artificial things. Femi and I don’t talk,” Wike said.
The Rivers governor, who is very vocal about his criticism of the Buhari administration, added that Fani-Kayode would not be missed in the PDP as he cannot guarantee electoral victory even in Osun his state of origin.
Addressing former President Goodluck Jonathan’s rumoured plan to join the APC, Wike advised the former leader not to join the party.
“If I see the former president I will ask him, ‘Sir, what did I hear?’ Don’t go anywhere, these people want to spoil the remaining reputation you have,” he said.
