Rivers Lawmaker Slams Sheikh Gumi Over Attack On Wike

A member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Tonye Smart Adoki, has slammed a Kaduna-based renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, over his comments against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.

Adoki, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday, asked Gumi and his cohorts to refrain from further provocative and disparaging remarks against the former Rivers State governor and other Southerners.

He said; “Some of these Northerners really believe that this country belongs to them. No wonder they saw it as their right for a Northerner to take over from another Northerner. For your information, Gumi, that era is gone.

“A man that his state produces nothing for the country…sits at his dirty corner to ask for Wike’s sack as FCT Minister because he (Wike) received the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria in his office.

“Though we have been expecting this frustrating statement long ago. These bandits’ sympathizers can no longer hide their frustrations since Wike was appointed as FCT minister. That is why Gumi could not endure and had to voiced out.

“FCT is built and maintained by the proceeds from Niger Delta. We have not complained. You want to enjoy our money but you don’t want us to be FCT minister.”