- Otti’s assertion amounts to a parting swipe at former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who has repeatedly said Fubara would not have become governor without him
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said the emergence of Siminalayi Fubara as the governor of Rivers state is the handwork of God.
Speaking on Tuesday while inaugurating a project executed by Governor Fubara in Eleme Local Government Area of the State, Otti said power only comes from the supreme being, God, and he gives it to whoever he wants to.
Otti’s assertion amounts to a parting swipe at former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who has repeatedly said Fubara would not have become governor without him.
The Abia governor expressed confidence that despite the political crisis rocking Rivers State, the people of the state will certainly get the dividend of democracy, stressing that Fubara came prepared.
He said, “Power belongs to God, no human can arrogate to himself the capacity to give power, except you have the capacity to give life. Of course, you can take life, but you cannot give it.
“For me, it’s all about good governance. Governor Fubara came prepared, and I don’t believe that any distraction is enough to take his focus away from improving the welfare and interest of the people.
“So, I can assure you, Rivers people, that the dividends of democracy that you are seeing now is still a dress rehearsal. It is early in the morning, and I am sure that in the near future, you will be seeing more.”
Fubara and Wike have been at daggers drawn and embroiled in power tussle over the management of the affairs of the state.
Within Nigeria reports that Governor Fubara, who vowed to probe the immediate past administration, expressed worries over the debt burden he inherited from his predecessor, Wike.
Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, Fubara lamented that the contractors who handled projects commissioned by Wike, “are still coming for their balance payments running into millions and billions.”
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