Chijioke Ihunwo, wey be de chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers State, don remove de name of former Governor Nyesom Wike from de administrative block of de council secretariat.
Dis action dey come after a video surface online showing de removal process. Ihunwo post de video on his X page, where he show how dem scrub Wike’s name off de building and replace am with another name, Wali.
Dis move dey spark reactions as many people see am as a sign of de ongoing political tensions in Rivers State. Wike, who be a former governor, still have significant influence in de state, and dis action by Ihunwo dey seen as a way to reduce his presence in de local government.
Ihunwo’s decision fit into de broader context of how state governors in Nigeria often control local governments in an authoritarian manner, reducing dem to mere departments under state governments.
