Gov Wike says Gov Dickson, others attacking Jonathan need their heads examined

Less than 48hours after Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson said that the six years ex-President Goodluck Jonathan spent as president was a wasted opportunity for the Ijaw people, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said those attacking the former leader need their heads examined.

Dickson had while speaking at a conference of Ijaw leaders and youths who had gathered for the annual celebration of their hero, Major Adaka Boroh at the Ijaw House, Yenegoa, attacked President Jonathan, describing his six years as the President of Nigeria as a wasted opportunity for his Ijaw people.

But apparently in reply to Dickson’s comment, Governor Wike on Thursday asked that the heads of those attacking Jonathan should be medically examined.

Wike stated this when former President Jonathan commissioned the second phase of Nkpogu bridge constructed by the Rivers State government.

He said, “We decided that you (Jonathan) should come, so that you will know that as those you gave support, we have not abandoned you and we will not abandon you. We are not like some politicians who, when anything is wrong, will begin to sing a different song. Rivers State is a different place. When we believe in you, we believe in you and that is our life. We are different from other Niger Delta states. We can say it with all authority, we are different. We cannot come out in the public and begin to castigate our own. We will not do that. Those of them who do that should go and have a rethink. Doctors should go and examine them whether they are well or not.”

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Wike further criticised Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government for apparently failing to deliver on its campaign promises two years into its administration.

“The party in power told Nigerians that if they were voted in, they would make N1 to be equal to $1. I hope that Nigerians now see that N1 is equal to $1. Is that correct? They said they will make sure that everybody gets employment. I am sure that some of us who are here have all gotten employment. They said that they are going to make life better for Nigerians I hope that we are no longer dying of hunger.”

Meanwhile, Jonathan at the occasion commended the efforts of the governor in developing his state and said that he has “no regrets that Governor Wike is the governor of Rivers State.”

He added, “I am happy that the governor has opened up Rivers State through projects. He has shown so much commitment to infrastructural development. The whole of Rivers State is now a construction yard.”

 

 

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