In the last 24 hours, Governors Nyesom Wike of River State and Godwin Obaseki of Edo have thrown all caution to the wind and hurled insults at one another over the control of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State.
Wike threw the first salvo at the weekend when he admonished the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, after the latter complained of lack of integration of Obaseki’s supporters into the Edo State chapter of the PDP.
Shaibu went on to warn that Obaseki and his supporters might seek alternative political platforms if they are not recognised by the PDP.
Responding to the deputy governor’s remarks, the typically combative Wike blasted Shaibu for threatening the PDP and promised to write to the national chairman of the PDP, demanding that the party constitutes a disciplinary committee to sanction the Edo State deputy governor.
But in swift reaction on Monday, Governor Obaseki came to his deputy’s defence and reminded Wike that the PDP was not his personal property.
However, Wike, in his usual irascible manner, responded by calling Obaseki an ingrate and serial betrayer.
The Rivers governor even apologised to the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, for ignoring the latter’s warning about Obaseki.
To explain the root cause of the slanging match between the two governors is Dr Nwanosike Samuel, Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area in Rivers State, and Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media to the Edo State Governor.
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