Wike’s aide rubbishes Gov Diri’s security alert as cover-up for failure

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The Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike’s spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, has called Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri’s security notice “shamefully baseless.”

Olayinka, Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Social Media and Public Communications, called the notice a “cover-up for his failure.”

In addition to saying that the Minister would have notified security services on his own if he intended to attend any rally, he urged Diri to confront the important business of government and cease voicing unfounded security concerns during a large-scale rally in support of Wike.

Olayinka, while reacting to claim by the Bayelsa State Governor that “a mega rally and inauguration of a group loyal to the FCT Minister, was being planned to hold in the State,” said: “That alarm is shamefully baseless.”

“It is so unfortunate that a Governor with all the security apparatus available to him could go on national television on mere suspicion of people planning a rally, which is their rights to hold,” he said.

Olayinka stated that Nigerians might freely promote anyone, anywhere, at any time: “Is this how much the governor is afraid of Wike? Can the governor stop people from holding rallies in the State if they want to?”

According to Olayinka, the FCT Minister is not frightened of anything, thus if he plans to attend a political event in Bayelsa State or anyplace else, he will notify security services on his own and his involvement will be visible.

He said it was absurd that a governor had to call meetings of the Bayelsa Elders Council and Security Council to discuss suspicions of organizing a Wike protest.

Olayinka wondered: “Is this how childish governance in Bayelsa State has become? Must he use Wike as cover up for his failure in governance and politics?”

Olayinka went on to say that it was amusing that when Governor Diri was vying for support for his reelection after Wike, he failed to recall that Bayelsa was not Rivers State or the Federal Capital Territory.

“When he was seeking reelection, this same Diri was brought to Wike, like a thief in the night. He was brought by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Senator Lokpobiri. David Lyon came with him then.

“As he was kneeling down, begging Wike to support him, he (Wike) was telling him, ‘No, don’t do that, you’re a governor, don’t do that.’

“Shamefully, the same Wike has now become someone he goes about disparaging, just to cover up his inadequacies. So obvious that some people don’t have conscience and its unfortunate,” he said.

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