Rivers political rift: Wike’s aide slams Ugochinyere over Assembly crisis

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Ikenga Ugochinyere, a member of the House of Representatives, has come under fire from Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for remarks he made regarding the political climate in Rivers State.

Olayinka claimed in a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday that Ugochinyere was unhappy with the recent dissolution of Rivers State’s local government structures because it had denied him financial advantages.

“As a political player, it is normal for Ugochinyere to express concerns over the dismantling of a local government structure that his party, the Action Peoples Party (APP), helped to establish in Rivers State. From the now-removed council chairmen, we know how much was involved, and now that has come to an end,” Olayinka said.

Additionally, he rejected Ugochinyere’s statements about the issue in the Rivers State House of Assembly, especially his earlier claim that Speaker Martins Amaewhule would never be able to access the state budget.

“Ugochinyere once said the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, won’t ever see the Rivers State budget. He was everywhere boasting that the Assembly members were gone and nothing in this life would bring them back. But today, as Governor Siminalayi Fubara is facing the realities of governance, things are not turning out as he had predicted,” he said.

Governor Fubara’s handling of the budget presentation process was also questioned by Olayinka, who maintained that the governor ought to have adhered to due process. “If not for political grandstanding, shouldn’t the governor know that the proper thing to do was to write to the Speaker and wait for a response on when to present the budget?” he asked.

He continued by saying that the governor’s actions gave the impression that he was more concerned with public opinion than with government. According to Olayinka, “The governor is only playing to the gallery and creating content for social media,”

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