“Kingsley Chinda would have been my successor in 2023, but pressure came under me.” ~ Nyesom Wike

……. Boasts of defeating them in 2027.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, said Kingsley Chinda would have been his successor in 2023, but pressure came under him

Wike stated this in Port Harcourt during a special Thanksgiving organised by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, to mark his birthday and his new position in the National Assembly.

Wike recalled that Chinda would have been his successor in 2023 because he was one of the best, but he came under pressure.

According to Wike: “Pressure came on me at a time when we wanted someone who would succeed me. One of the very best I would have presented would have been Kingsley Chinda, not those Ikwerre people who were running around saying they wanted to be governor, that they could not serve a master and boy.

“But they are waiting on the road now to serve the boy. No real Ikwerre man says that and goes back. Chinda had told you not to bother yourself. In Ikwerre tradition, when you start beating the drum of wrestling, it is not at that time that the real wrestlers will come out.

“The real wrestlers will come in later, towards the end. Leave all these people who can not stand ordinary hunger. Leave these political harlots; I will continue to defeat them. What you know, you know.”

Nyesom Wike also called on  churches not to neglect politicians after serving out their terms in office.

The former Rivers State governor also wants the clergy to practice what they preach, urging them to always pray for the political class.

Wike said, “The church should also remain steadfast, the church should also not abandon people when they’re no longer in office. When most of us were in office, there was no church we weren’t contributing to. But immediately we left office, it was a different story.

“You as agents of God must show that you’re practicing what you preach. It’s not only politicians. Always be there for us, pray for us, don’t change.”