Omo, na wah oh! Nyesom Wike, wey be former governor of Rivers State, don land big threat for ground as he wan force his way enter the Yakubu Gowon Stadium. This gbege happen for Port Harcourt, where he dey talk to his supporters as dem dey inaugurate the coordinators of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors.
Wike no carry last as e dey accuse the Rivers State government say dem dey deny his people access to the stadium for rally wey dem plan. According to am, dem reject dem application to use the venue, and Wike don go talk say if dem try am again, dem go break in by force. Na wetin?
He say, ‘Next time o, if dem no approve am, we go break am by force.’ E dey hot! As he dey talk, him supporters dey shout, plenty gist dey scatter everywhere.
Wike don make am clear say this matter no be play matter. According to him, everybody wey dey from Rivers State suppose fit use state facilities. E add say, ‘Enough is enough. Nobody fit deny us this privilege.’ Na so e talk oh!
But no be everybody wey dey gree for this kind talk, oo! The Rivers State government quickly come out to clear am say na lie Wike dey talk. Barrister Chris Green, wey be the Attorney-General and the Commissioner for Justice, don drop bombshell say the stadium dey undergo serious reconstruction and na why dem no fit allow anybody enter.
Green come dey vex say, ‘No formal application even land for us. The stadium dey active construction site, heavy machines dey everywhere. I no see any application; if anybody get proof, make dem show us.’
E say the project dey carried out by Monimichelie Sports Construction Company, and dem dey try make the stadium meet FIFA and World Athletics standards. E mean say this work no be small work at all, as dem don already put more than 40,000 pipes under the pitch.
As if say that one no gree finish, Green come dey fire back say Rivers State government dey open other venues for political events; if dem wan do rally, dem free to use Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium or Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic. Na so e talk, but Wike and him people no wan hear any of that one. E be like say dis matter go follow dem for ground small.
The construction engineer, Michael Ebitenye, come add fuel for di fire say if dem allow people enter that place now, e fit spoil all the work wey dem don do. E dey very delicate now, e no fit withstand crowd activities.
Wike no wan take am easy at all. As he dey challenge the Rivers State government, we dey watch how this palava go end. Naim we go see if e go really fit break enter that stadium if dem no allow am use am next time. This na serious political drama wey don dey unfold, and we go dey update una as e dey happen!
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