I will give you trouble, you will never sleep again, Wike warns Akpabio

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has taken the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to the cleaners, saying he will give the minister trouble such that he will never sleep again.

Wike, who declared that he would not tolerate unguarded utterances from the former Akwa Ibom State Governor, spoke at the commissioning of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Secretariat building, in Port Harcourt.

Akpabio had, during the opening of the headquarters building of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), told Niger Delta governors to account for 13 per cent derivation fund running into trillions of naira.

An angry Wike replied; “Akpabio should not talk to Rivers State at all. He has no such authority. He is not qualified to talk to Rivers State. If he wants to talk, he should do that in Akwa Ibom State or else, we will teach him a lesson here.

“I am only making introduction today. Now, you have gone to look for trouble, I will give you trouble. You will never sleep again. I know he used to have high blood pressure”.

Wike said further; “It is unfortunate. I read what the former governor of Akwa Ibom, Senator Akpabio said. I will tell him to talk less. We will tell him that when he was the governor, he was acting like a king.

“There was money that time. The exchange rate was N150 per dollar. Today, it is N500 for a dollar. Akpabio had money, but he had the temerity to say ask South-South governors what they are doing with 13 per cent derivation.

“Akpabio should know that enough is enough. If he should talk here, I will teach him a lesson. I am not a sycophant and I am not an inconsistent person. I don’t give a damn.

“He cannot say he sees me in the Villa. So, if he wants to talk, let him concentrate on his state. He should not venture again to talk about Rivers. If he does it again, he will regret his utterances.

“I am not one of those governors he can turn around. I am not that kind of person. People should say what they practise. I will show you a video where the President said they should come and learn from me what we are doing here.

“People just come out and talk any how. He went and asked so-called South-South militants that we should render account of N55 trillion. Where did he get the N55 trillion from? If we got N55 trillion, then, he got N200 trillion”.

Wike also declared that South-South governors did not boycott the opening of NDDC headquarters.

“You came to commission a project. You didn’t ask the governors when is suitable for them. Later, they said they boycotted the programme. Boycotted what?

“You promised you were going to partner with me, when we were doing the Eastern bypass. But, you ran away and now you are enjoying it. Akpabio be careful. Don’t go and pay money to people to start propaganda against governors. You will suffer for it at the end of the day.

“We know what Akpabio was doing as a governor. He saw himself as god then. Now, he has the temerity to insult South-South governors. We will meet one day. If he did well, why did he fail his senatorial election?

“You will finish from Abuja and you will come here. When you were begging governors to come and talk on your behalf, you didn’t know; how they were fighting you and why people should not bring military administration. Now you are fighting us. We will abuse you back at the appropriate time.

“This is why Nigeria cannot move forward. You ran to the other party for protection. The same party that says they are fighting corruption. You can just say anything. Abuse governors. Don’t dare me”.