'You’ve dug your pit, you’ll fall inside' – Fubara’s message to Wike’s camp

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has sent a message to oppositions who disrespect him in the state saying, they are digging their pit.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Comprehensive Primary Healthcare Centre in Ndoni, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of the state, on Thursday, April 11, 2024, Fubara called out the local government chairmen.

Fubara stated that he does not wish anyone evil and he knows that those working with him have open minds towards everyone.

“But let me say it here. Every one of you who thinks you are disrespecting me; you have already dug your pit. You will fall inside it. That is the truth. Our minds are very open.

"We do not wish anyone bad, but we expect you to know and do what is right. For those of you who have chosen to take the part that you think is that way that leads to your salvation, safe journey,” the governor said.

Fubara made this comment when he spotted the chairman of ONELGA at the ceremony, who is known to be a loyalist of Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and immediate past governor of Rivers.

The governor said the local government chairmen always absent themselves from whatever the state was engaged in.

“I’m surprised that I saw the chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government here. I’m very surprised because before now, any event that had to do with the state government, all the local government chairmen, as it were, didn’t participate.

“I hope when you leave here, they are not going to sack you because I know you are not loyal to me. Or when you leave here, will you grant a press interview that it was not you, but your shadow?"

Wike and Fubara continue to be at loggerheads despite intervention from President Bola Tinubu and other notable personalities.