Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, as a “serial betrayer and ungrateful person”.
Obaseki had earlier condemned the attack on him and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, by the Rivers State governor.
Obaseki accused Wike of unguarded and disruptive tendencies, following the Rivers State governor’s outburst on Shaibu, who raised concerns about how they were being treated in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Governor Obaseki, in a statement he personally signed on Monday, described Wike’s outbursts on Shuaibu as “most unfortunate and totally uncalled for”.
However, Wike, while reacting to Obaseki, said the Edo State governor is a “betrayer”.
He further described Obaseki as a “tenant” in the PDP.
Wike, who spoke during the commissioning of Community Secondary School, Omuanwa, in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Monday, added that the former governor of Edo State and ex-APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, had been vindicated.
The governor said: “If you ask anybody or check the DNA of Obaseki, you will discover that he is a serial betrayer and an ungrateful person.
“I apologise to Oshiomhole who told us about Obaseki. You have been vindicated.
“Obaseki said I’m a bully, but he came to beg a bully for ticket, a bully was his campaign DG, and a bully bullied him into Edo State Government House.
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“It didn’t end there, he still came back with his wife to thank the bully after the election.”
He continued: “If you check the DNA of Obaseki, what you’ll see is betrayal; serial betrayer and ungratefulness.
“He said I threatened PDP, assuming without conceding that I threatened PDP, I have every right to do so. I have invested in the party. Rivers State has invested in the party.
“Rivers State is one of the few states that has voted PDP since 1999, we have invested in the party.
“You’re a tenant in PDP, I have more stake in PDP than you.
“You said I’m causing crisis in Edo State, I have capacity, that is why I’m causing crisis.
“I challenge you to come and cause crisis in Rivers State, then you’ll know who is who.
“Obaseki, I know your cohorts, I will smoke all of you out.
“Obaseki, I challenge you to defect back to the APC, we’ll shave your head.
“I know those using you, if I decide to run for President, I will win all of you.
“The game has started, I will make you loose weight,” Wike said.
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