By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja
Just as the current political crisis in Rivers State appears not to be in favour of Governor Siminalayi Fubara going with the recent verdict from the Supreme Court.
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Lere Olayinka has offered a word of ‘advice’ to the Fubara’s ally and House of Representatives member from Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Imo Ugochinyere to urgently look for another source of income as the end of money coming from Rivers State appears to be in sight.
Olayinka who stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja put it this way: “As a political hushpuppi that he is, it is normal for Ugochinyere to cry over the dismantling of a fraudulent local government structures that he used his party, Action Peoples Party (APP) to produce in Rivers State. From the illegal Council Chairmen, we know how many billions of Naira he has collected, and this has come to and end. He must cry, but he should cry less and look for another political ATM “.
The FCT Minister’s Spokesperson, who was responding to comments made by Ugochinyere during a live television program, admonished him to stop lying to the public about a non-existing opposition group, saying “That Political Hushpuppi should tell Nigerians the House of Representatives members that are part of his Yahoo Yahoo Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP).
“Ugochinyere once said, the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Ameawhule won’t ever see the Rivers State Budget. He was everywhere, boasting that the Assembly members are gone and nothing in this life will bring them back.
“But today, as Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, who is the victim of Ugochinyere’s Yahoo Yahoo politics is already seeing spirits, the reality of the end of free flow of Alawee is dawning on him, reason he was on live television, shouting like a wounded goat,” Olayinka said.
While insisting that Governor Fubara was not ready for peace and governance in accordance with the laws, Olayinka asked when a governor started going to the House of Assembly uninvited.
He said “the Governor is only playing to the gallery and creating contents for social media. If not, shouldn’t he know that the proper thing to do was for him to have written to the Speaker, and wait for a response as to when to come for the budget presentation?
“Of course, the governor should know. But the moment you have a man like Ugochinyere, who is not ashamed of doing anything, including being a wife, to get money, as your main adviser, you can even carry budget on your head to Rumuokoro Market to go and give to the Speaker’s wife.”
