Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has continued to taunt Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), sayi
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has continued to taunt Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he has dumped his “ordinary khaki” for “safari with diamond buttons”.
While khaki is a cloth made from wool or cotton, safari is made from expensive fabric and mostly used by those who are well to do.
Oshiomhole, who adopted the khaki since his days as president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Wike have been in the news since the supreme court replaced David Lyon, candidate of the APC in the Bayelsa governorship election with Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Oshiomhole had kicked against the ruling, which he described as an attempt to impose an unpopular candidate on the people of Bayelsa. Wike was among the PDP leaders who asked Oshiomhole to steer off the issue in Bayelsa and the APC chairman subsequently described the Rivers governor as a violent politician.
But at a press conference in Port Harcourt on Saturday, the governor said Oshiomhole ought to have accepted the supreme court ruling, “whether good or bad”.
“Oshiomhole cannot destabilise this country… who the hell is Oshiomhole to say that nobody can be sworn in when the Supreme Court has made a pronouncement?” he asked.
“Oshiomhole claimed he was a unionist. He said he worked in the textile industry. Mention one man who works in the textile industry and is as rich as Oshiomhole today. He used to wear ordinary Khaki, today he wears Safari with diamond buttons.”
Wike also called for the resignation of Oshiomhole, describing him as a character that nobody should associate with. He said the APC chairman plunged the ruling party into needless crisis and does not have the support of many governors.
“Because of people like Oshiomhole and his style of leadership, his party lost so many areas they ought not to have lost. What made them not to have candidates in Rivers State and Zamfara, its because of Oshiomhole. Oshiomhole led to the problem they have in Bayelsa,” he said.
