A legal practitioner and human rights activist, Festus Ogwuche, has said President Bola Tinubu is likely to place the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, at an advantage in the ongoing political crisis with the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara.
Ogwuche made the assertion on Tuesday during an interview on Prime Time, a program on Arise Television.
According to him, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara should have been more strategic and diplomatic in his political decisions, particularly regarding his alleged move to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawyer argued that Governor Fubara may have underestimated the depth of the relationship between President Tinubu and Wike.
“Fubara should have been a little more calculative and diplomatic, considering what he is going through now. This suggests that he does not quite understand the depth of the relationship between Wike and President Tinubu,” Ogwuche said.
He added that the bond between the President and the former Rivers governor goes beyond a typical godfather-godson relationship.
“Wike and Tinubu’s relationship goes far beyond that. It runs deeper, with certain undercurrents that many cannot fully grasp. In this crisis, the President will always place Wike at an advantage,” he stated.
Ogwuche further noted that extraordinary measures had already been taken to position Wike favorably in the political standoff, insisting that the FCT minister would continue to enjoy the president’s backing as the Rivers crisis unfolds.
