Attack on Umahi: Wike is envious of Umahi’s achievements, rising political profile – Umahi’s Aide

In another development,the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Francis Nwaze, (FIPMD), yesterday stated that the attack on the personality of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was because of the former’s achievements and rising political profile in the country.

Wike, in a viral video was quoted as saying that he, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were the masterminds of the Abuja High Court judgment on Governor David Umahi’s defection to All Progressives Congress, APC.

Disclosing this in a statement, Nwaze added that “we like to place it on record that Ebonyi State is not in the same geopolitical Zone with Rivers State and so nothing would have prompted Nyesom Wike to make such unguarded comment about Governor Umahi, if he is not a cheeky hatchet job-man.”

The statement reads in part: “Not much surprised at the comment though, we would have ignored it as one of his blubberings but it has become imperative we make a few annotations for clarity.