Political tensions in Rivers State deepened on Friday as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, accused the state government of frustrating the activities of the Renewed Hope Family by denying them access to a major public facility.
Naija News reports that Wike made the allegation during the inauguration of senatorial and local government coordinators of the Rivers State Renewed Hope Ambassadors.
Addressing supporters, Wike said his request to use the General Yakubu Gowon Stadium for the inauguration was refused by the Rivers State Government.
“We applied to the state government for the General Gowon Yakubu Stadium. They refused us,” he said.
Wike, however, issued a stark warning, vowing that future refusals would be met with defiance.
“But let me say, next time we will do this, if you don’t approve it, we will break it by force,” he declared.
He insisted that Rivers’ people should have access to public facilities regardless of political differences.
Wike said, “I want to say it to everybody, enough is enough, we are all from Rivers State. Nobody can deny us the facilities of the state.
If you don’t agree to give us, we will do the needful and we will take it by force. Heaven will never fall. And even when heaven falls, everywhere will be at peace.”
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