Wike’s spokesman resigns, says gov refuses advice

Constrained financially from performing his professional duties, the Special Adviser to the Rivers State Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has thrown in the towel, by resigning from the position.

Inko-Tariah, who made the announcement in Port Harcourt on Friday, alleged that his office had been starved of funds, even though he expressed gratitude to Governor Nyesom Wike for giving him the opportunity to serve in his government.

The former media aide lamented that throughout the five months he operated as Wike’s media aide, his office was starved of funds, and that professional advices given to the governor were not acted upon.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state hailed Inko-Tariah’s decision to leave the current administration in the state, explaining, it was not surprised that the former aide to the governor was telling “sordid stories of neglect and disrespect” for his views and advice by Governor Wike.

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The Rivers State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Chris Finebone, said the party was in no doubt that more Rivers people would soon see the light and take the part of honour just like Inko-Tariah had done.

Finebone said, “The APC knew that it was only a matter of time before all well-meaning and proud sons and daughters of Rivers State, who found themselves in Wike’s sinking ship, jumped to safety.

“This is not only because his governorship will soon become history, but because the malevolently unique style of Wike, whose hallmark behaviour hinges on divide-and-rule exasperates decent minds.”

However, the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Felix Obuah, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Jerry Needam, declined to comment on Inko-Tariah’s resignation.

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