Odili Hijacked Nephew’s Commissionership Slot For His Daughter -Wike

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has accused former governor of the state, Dr Peter Odili of once selfishly hijacking a commissionership slot.

The commissionership slot was meant for his nephew but out of selfishness, he cornered it for his own daughter, the FCT minister has alleged.

Wike spoke in response to Odili’s recent praise of incumbent governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara that he (Fubara) had allegedly outperformed his predecessors.

Wike who found such statements offensive, is hitting back at Odili, saying that Odili, rather than being a statesman, was a rent seeker and praise singer.

“It was his nephew, his late elder brother’s son who was recommended for commissioner. He took the slot and gave it to his own daughter. Someone who didn’t remember to stand for the son of his late elder brother, is that an elder statesman?”

“All of you here remember when I was governor, this same Odili praised me to high heavens. In fact, he said then that all past governors in Rivers State combined did not do better than me.

“In 2007, after he left office, he couldn’t come near power in the state because Amaechi was the governor then. He was gone!

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Odili had spoken at a Christmas ballad he organised in honour of Governor Fubara and his family, where he praised the incumbent for unusual fortitude to confront Wike’s quest to capture Rivers State through uncanny political war.

“Governor Fubara confronted the challenge, prevented the quest by one man to capture the state as a private estate, emancipated Rivers people, steadied governance and made civil servants and Rivers people happier as it used to be,” Odili had said.

In his response through his Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the FCT minister hit back thus::

“Must you be a trader all the time? As governor for eight years, what else are you looking for?”

“You know, I didn’t want to say anything but somebody called me last night, and told me what someone said in the social media. I said until I read it myself. This morning, I read in the newspapers what our former governor, Sir Dr Peter Odili, said.

“What did he say? He said that the present governor has been able to stop one man who wanted to convert Rivers State to his personal estate.

‘’Between him and myself, who has turned Rivers State to his personal estate? His wife is a Chairman of Governing Council, his daughter is a commissioner, his other daughter is a judge and he is the general overseer.

“Who has now turned Rivers State to his private estate? I am sure if care is not taken, if there is a chance, he can even arrange a marriage for the governor”, he stated.

According to Wike, aside the commissionership slot which Odili hijacked, he did it other things in the state that remained unjustifiable.