Wike vs Fubara: Top Atiku's Ally Details Why Tinubu's Minister is Fighting Rivers Governor

• A prominent PDP member, Dele Momodu, has claimed that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers and a cabinet member of the Bola Tinubu government, Nyesom Wike, are fighting over the control of the state's funds
• Momodu said this in an interview conducted on Thursday night, May 2, and seen by Legit.ng
• In the interview, the media practitioner alleged that there are Judases within the PDP hellbent on making it crumble

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics and elections in Nigeria.

Port Harcourt, Rivers state - Dele Momodu, an ally of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, has alleged that Nyesom Wike is fighting Governor Siminalayi Fubara over the treasury of Rivers state.

Read also

Yahaya Bello said Peter Obi won 2023 election but he helped rig it for Tinubu? Fact emerges

Legit.ng reports that Rivers is an oil-rich state in Nigeria's south-south region.

Speaking in an interview on Channels Television's 'Politics Today' on Thursday night, May 2, Momodu said:

“President Tinubu has Wike (FCT minister) in Rivers. They want him (Wike) also to get hold of the state to not only give them votes, but a structure of money, structure of having direct access to the treasury.

"Rivers state plays an important role in the election in Nigeria.”

Watch Momodu's interview below:

Legit.ng reports that the political feud between Messrs Wike and Fubara had divided the state legislature into two.

Tinubu brokered a peace deal to halt the rift, but the quarrel has still not ended.

Wike is not just locked in a fierce political battle with Fubara, he is also feuding with his party, the PDP, and Atiku.

Read also

Is Tinubu using Wike to destabilise the PDP? Dele Momodu speaks

Read more on Wike-Fubara feud

• Rivers crisis: Amid fight with Fubara, Wike ends rift with influential APC chieftain
• Rivers crisis: How Tinubu tried to make Fubara slave to Wike, PDP chieftain explains
• Rivers crisis heightens as PDP suspends rep member loyal to Governor Fubara

Why Wike supported Tinubu - Ex-PDP adviser

Legit.ng earlier reported that Mark Jacob, a former national legal adviser of the PDP, cited a reason Wike supported Tinubu in the 2023 general election.

Speaking when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV’s The Morning Show, Jacob said Wike and other individuals he did not name “deliberately worked against the party (PDP)” in the election for “selfish interests”.

Source: Legit.ng