Pro-Wike Group Seeks Rivers People’s Support For Tinubu’s Re-election

A political pressure group loyal to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, Grassroots Democratic Voices (GDV) has appealed to the people of Rivers State to support the second term bid of President Bola Tinubu.

It insisted that the only people who seem to be opposed to Tinubu’s re-election are members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), especially Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and others.

GDV coordinator, Prof. John Ogolo, told journalists yesterday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, that “Tinubu has delivered democratic dividends to Nigerians. The only people that are against him are the opponents, Peter Obi, Atiku, ADC products. They are the ones shouting.

“He has put proper things in place to deliver the promises he made, especially, the fuel issue. No queues again. Some filling stations are even sleeping.

“During this Christmas, I am not sure there was any increase in transportation fare. So, he has delivered. So, now, I am appealing to Rivers people to vote him again so that he can now cement in very well,” Ogolo said.

He called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara to fully commit to the newfound peace brokered by the president between him and Wike and to reconsider his associations and past confrontations.

The GDV coordinator said: “Now that peace has come, stop following Hope Uzodimma (apparently referring to Imo State Governor, who is also the chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum).

“Governor Fubara was too early to fight the FCT minister. If I were him, I would not have fought. I would have been sleeping while Wike will be directing the affairs of the state.”

He emphasized the debt of gratitude owed to political godfathers in Nigerian politics, particularly in the context of Rivers State, where loyalty and mentorship have long shaped power dynamics.

“It’s not easy to make somebody a governor,” he said.