H.E DR DAKUKU PETERSIDE
By Nwaorgu
Faustinus
The
2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers,
Dr Dakuku Peterside, has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of being on a property
acquisition spree.
Peterside, a one-time Commissioner for Works, said
that Governor Wike had cornered no fewer than 400 houses for himself and his
cronies in ways he described as “ridiculous and undignified.”
He reminisced with nostalgia the agony the same
Governor Wike afflicted on some senior civil servants in 2021 when he ejected
them from their official residence in the old and new Government Reserved Areas
(GRAs) and other areas in Port Harcourt.
Dakuku Peterside, the immediate past Director-General,
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) expressed shock
that Wike had converted some of those houses to his personal property, whilst
others were sold-off at ridiculous market value to his friends and cronies.
“Wike will go down as the most greedy and covetous
governor in Rivers’ history,” he lamented, adding, “no governor has ever shown
such crave for obscene wealth in Nigeria's history as Wike.”
“Wike's house in his village, Rumueprikom, with all
luxurious appetite that includes a helipad and bullet-proof gadgets, has become
the official Government House of Rivers. And in his unbridled lust for estate
acquisition, Wike is buying-off more property, including churches, schools, and
private family houses, along Ada George area of Port Harcourt, either opposite,
behind, or adjacent to his palatial mansion to expand his estate.
“To intimidate his Rivers' victims more, including the
families he forced to relinquish their family legacies to him, Wike has mounted
all calibre of surveillance equipment and armed security men to provide 24-hour
security around his mansion. On top of all of that, Wike's appetite to
seize-and-acquire, like hell, is enlarging by the day,” he stressed.
Peterside added that "from Diete Spiff to Chibuke
Rotimi Amaechi, we had governors who showed humility and never turned their
private houses to Government House; they never oppressed Rivers’ people with
open displays of wealth as Wike has done."
The former House of Reps member accused Governor Wike
of giving away over 50 houses he used his office as governor to seize from
their rightful owners, located in the Old GRA, Amadi Flats, GRA Phases 1, 2 and
3, to his political friends within and outside the state.
"Governor Wike behaves as if he is in control of
the future, disregarding the culture of civility, equity, fairness, empathy and
due process associated with the exalted office of the Governor; Wike is indeed
a shame to Rivers’ people and all that the state represents," Dakuku
Peterside summed up.
Dakuku Peterside Media Team
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