Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has described his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike as a “dictator” who “remote-controls” the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr Umahi’s statement followed a comment made by Mr Wike that the former joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) from PDP to actualise his ambition of being president in 2023.
Speaking during an interview on Wednesday on Arise TV, Umahi said Wike’s “dictatorial tendencies and overbearing influence on the party’s affairs had made other governors to be unhappy with him.”
He added: “I refused to join issues with Wike because he is my friend. But Wike must know that he is a dictator. Wike must know that one person cannot be called a crowd. Wike must know that a lot of governors in PDP are not very happy with him. He remote-controls the party.
“He (Wike) said that I made my brother the vice chairman. I fund the PDP south-east from a to z. And he has forgotten that he single-handedly made (Uche) Secondus the (PDP) chairman. He has forgotten that he wanted to impose one of his own as minority leader of the house.
“There is nothing that happens in PDP without his authorisation. He once said that PDP National Working Committee members are beggars and bribe-takers. I have asked him that let’s not take on ourselves or else it will be very dangerous.”
