Nyesom Wike: ”You didn’t fall from heaven. Outside God, we made you” – Former PDP chairman, Uche Secondus

Uche Secondus, Former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has criticized Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.

Speaking at the commissioning of a road project in Rivers State on Tuesday, December 18, Secondus stated that God, himself, and other leaders contributed to Wike’s rise to power. Wike, however, is currently at odds with his successor, Governor Sim Fubara.

The dispute between Fubara and Wike over control of the state’s political structure has escalated into a full-blown political crisis. The feud has led to conflicting court orders and a divided Rivers House of Assembly. Earlier in April, Wike had criticized Secondus and other PDP leaders in Rivers for supporting Fubara. The former Rivers State governor also labeled Secondus an “expired politician” unworthy of being regarded as an “elder statesman.”

“Those who are shouting in Abuja, how were they made? It was God. Some of us, and the leaders seated here today, made it possible. God first, because we do not want to take God’s glory.

I can recall during my Thanksgiving service, immediately after I was made national chairman, he said it clearly, outside God, it was my humble self and other leaders who made it possible. Today, when he speaks, either in Abuja or here, it appears as if he fell from heaven.” he said

“I can tell you, the test of a leader is when you find yourself in confusion and frustration, yet come out of it with even greater faith. Like Governor Fubara, you will see the real leader of the people. He is not a man who seeks accolades. We have seen him. Do not worry. Power comes from God. The same way God gave it to him through us, God has given it to you. From what we are seeing, you will excel. One thing that is important in the Ten Commandments is, ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. You are spreading that part of the Ten Commandments across our state. You love everybody. You respect leaders and elders, and all we can do is pray for you.” he said