'Why Rivers elders are against me' - Nyesom Wike reveals

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticised some elders of Rivers state for rejecting the outcome of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s intervention.

Wike said the elders are against him because some of their sons lost the general election, Premium Times reported.

He said this during the Thanksgiving service and marriage anniversary celebration of his ally, Des George-Kelly, in Port-Harcourt on Sunday, December 24.

The former River state governor warned the people not to “get involved in any fight between two politicians without knowing the root cause.”

Why Rivers elders are against me

The FCT minister said the elders tried to stop him from contesting for the 2015 governorship election in Rivers state. He said they've now returned after some of their sons lost elections.

“When I was running for governor in 2014/2015, I was invited that some elders wanted to see me. When I got there, I saw only two people. Just two of them constituted themselves as elders over the whole state.

“They said elders of the state have decided that I should not contest the election. I said it must be a joke. Now they’ve come back again as elders.

“Check everyone there, some of them their sons lost the election. Everybody wants to take their pound of flesh. ‘Wike prevented me from this. Wike made me not to be that. Wike made me not to be that.’ Even those that Wike made have joined them.”