Gov. Wike Is Known For Politics Of Vengeance And Opprssion – Legacy Group Says
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on the aegis of ‘Legacy Group’ has taken a swipe at what it described as “dirty, vengeful and oppressive politics” of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
The group which gave the description while reacting to the “induced” motion of the River State House of Assembly and the speed with which Governor Wike assented to the resolution which derecognized Sir Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state, noted that it was the same Wike that made the legislative House to pass a mindless resolution on June 30, 2015 recognising Sir Celestine Omehia as a former governor of Rivers State.
Legacy group in a statement by its Director of Public Communications, Achinike Owhomka titled; ‘Governor Nyesom Wike: When Illegality Trumps Common-Sense’, said that it was the same Wike controlled-House of Assembly that restored all the privileges and entitlements accruing to former Rivers State governors to Omehia.
In the words of Owhomka; “Emboldened by impunity, lawlessness and an inexcusable abuse of power, the illegality of this extra-judicial decision was published in the official gazette of the state, No.5, Volume 52, of March 2016 and signed by Governor Nyesom Wike who at the time was in cahoots with Celestine Omehia.
“In a desperate move to ridicule the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the people of Rivers State, the Rivers State House of Assembly, in blatant legislative rascality assented to by Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, an acclaimed lawyer by training and a member of the Nigerian Body of Benchers, disregarded the apex court judgement in the case of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi versus INEC and two others in which the court clearly ruled and stated that, ‘in the eyes of the law, Omehia was never a candidate in the election, much less a winner’.
“All these were done to ‘pepper Amaechi’, their mutual political enemy whose only crime was his quest for a Rivers of possibilities for all sons and daughters of the state.
“While this unholy romance between Omehia and Wike lasted, Omehia was cashing out from the state treasury as credit alerts as per his new status as ‘former governor’ dropped monthly to the tune of about 700 million naira,” he said.
