Rivers Crisis; “Your SSG Danagogo Wants Your ‘Seat’, He’ll Lead You To Hell”, Wike Tells Fubara

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By Kolawole Ojebisi

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom WIke, has said Tammy Danagogo, Secretary to the Rivers State Government, will lead Siminalayi Fubara, the state governor, to hell.

Wike made this claim while speaking at a grand reception in his honour by the Kalabari people of the state on Saturday.

The minister noted that Danagogo and a host of other allies surrounding Fubara lobbied him to be governor of Rivers in the buildup to the 2023 election.

Wike stressed that the people advising Fubara do not mean well for him and want him to vacate the seat for them.

He particularly mentioned Danagogo, alleging that he caused the face-off between him and his successor, leading the state into crisis.

The minister said, “The problem started when Danagogo, the Secretary to the government, used his elder brother, who is a justice, to use an exparte order to justify that 27 members of the Rivers Assembly have defected. Unnoticed. He also used the same order to say that the state governor can present the budget to three or four lawmakers.

“Look at Danagogo, who wanted to be governor. He was so pained that he was not given the ticket; he was the one following the governor, and he (Fubara) did not know. He will lead you (Fubara) to hellfire.

“You (Fubara) surrounded yourself with people who wanted to be governor, whom I said ‘no’, these people don’t mean well for Rivers State.’ They are the ones surrounding you, giving you advice. Do you think you will succeed? They will give bad advice, and look at what bad advice is doing to you. You are already down 2-0, and there’s more to come. They come there and abuse me and you are happy; you don’t know it is you they want to destroy.”

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