‘Next Time If You Don’t Approve Our Demand, We Will Break It By Force’ – Wike Threatens Rivers Govt (Video )

Political tensions in Rivers State deepened on Friday as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, accused the state government of frustrating the activities of the Renewed Hope Family by denying them access to a major public facility.

Naija News reports that Wike made the allegation during the inauguration of senatorial and local government coordinators of the Rivers State Renewed Hope Ambassadors.

Addressing supporters, Wike said his request to use the General Yakubu Gowon Stadium for the inauguration was refused by the Rivers State Government.

“We applied to the state government for the General Gowon Yakubu Stadium. They refused us,” he said.

Wike, however, issued a stark warning, vowing that future refusals would be met with defiance.

But let me say, next time we will do this, if you don’t approve it, we will break it by force,” he declared.

He insisted that Rivers’ people should have access to public facilities regardless of political differences.

Wike said, “I want to say it to everybody, enough is enough, we are all from Rivers State. Nobody can deny us the facilities of the state.

If you don’t agree to give us, we will do the needful and we will take it by force. Heaven will never fall. And even when heaven falls, everywhere will be at peace.”

After the stadium denial, the inauguration was eventually held at Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic in Rumuola, a venue also owned by the Rivers State Government.

Notably absent from the ceremony were Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his supporters, despite public affirmations of loyalty to President Bola Tinubu and support for his re-election.

Meanwhile, the Rivers State House of Assembly has resumed impeachment proceedings against Governor Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu.

Lawmakers said the move is based on allegations of financial misappropriation, adding another layer to the state’s political crisis.

Despite the tension, the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) insists it is working to resolve the impasse in Rivers.

Speaking on TVC, the party’s National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, said Wike, though not an APC member, remains a key figure in efforts to stabilise the state’s politics.

Basiru said, “Wike is part of the effort to settle the crisis, even though he is not an APC member.

“His support for President Tinubu and his influence in Rivers State make his involvement necessary.”