- I will soon reveal what former Speaker, Babachir told me, Rivers gov says
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has said that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike is suffering from amnesia.
In a series of tweet via his verified Twitter account, @Yakubdogara, the former speaker responded to statement credited to Wike about his endorsement of People’s Democratic Party Presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
“To my brother, Governor Nyesom Wike; if there is anything you are suffering from, I never thought amnesia would be one of them. Why would you think no one, except you, is entitled to a certain set of principles he/she cannot compromise?
“It’s such a pity if you cannot remember what our discussion and agreement was all about. Why should only your own position be respected and followed?
“I would never betray a friend and a brother that is why I won’t respond to your tirade on live TV. The details of our conversation is sealed up with me but if you feel it’s okay to throw it to the public kindly give me a written consent to divulge it so that the public can judge who is saying the truth. Thank God there was a witness.”
Wike had threatened that, soon, he would reveal details of his discussion with Dogara and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.
He said: “At the appropriate time I will talk about how Dogara and Babachir visited me and what we agreed.
“What I don’t like in life is people that don’t have character. I can’t stand it. At the appropriate time, I will challenge them for a debate.”
He recalled how Dogara had evaded an appointment they were to have and left the PDP to join the APC.
He said: “Ask Dogara, what made you leave PDP? Dogara was to see me; unknown to me, he gave me an excuse and I was watching Dogara on TV being received by President Muhammadu Buhari that he had gone to APC. I say ‘Okay, no problem’.
“The same Dogara said the Presidency should be zoned to southern Nigeria for there to be peace.
“Now, I hear about the same Dogara (is endorsing Atiku from the North for the presidency). Is that how you do things? Can’t you say something and stand by it?”
