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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has said that it is when a man is given a position of authority and money that his true colour would be revealed.
Wike made this observation while reacting to a question on the update of his face-off with Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara in Abuja last week.
The Minister who initially appears not have interest in making comment about the issue later opened up.
According to him: ” Give a man power and money, that is when you will know the person. If you have not given a man power and money don’t say you know the person.”
“He may be your friend, he may be your son, sister or mother or father. I don’t want to go into that” The minister stressed
He lamented that Fubara could seek to destroy the structure which produced him as governor just within three months of his emergence as governor.
“In three months, it is sad for someone to scatter a political structure that supported and bring you up.
You know what is painful? All these allegations, I smile. Who and who sat with him. In all your doings be grateful in your life no matter the circumstance. Nobody who is a gentleman and a politician will support this kind of thing.”
On his achievements as governor of Rivers State, wike said:
“I was paying pensioner’s gratuity every month which were not paid by my predissersor. I took River State to the level where you cannot discuss politics in Nigeria without Rivers State.
I was an ordinary minister when I became a governor. I challenged the siting governor and I defeated his condidate. I worked hard.”
Wike reiterated his commitment to the success of the Tinubu administration even as he explained that the quest for justice was the key reason he and the G5 group of governors supported the presidential ambition of Tinubu.
According to the minister, good character should never be compromised on the alter of politics.
He pointed out that having worked for the emergence of Tinubu as President, and having been made minister of FCT, nothing would make him contest against the President in 2027.
“Tinube made me the FCT minister and I won’t allow anybody to crumble our political structure. No!