Wike’s Aide Lere Mocks Fubara, Tells Him ‘If You Can’t Play Politics, Stay with Your Wife

Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, has been compared as a weak politician by Lere Olayinka, a media assistant to Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike. Olayinka cited the governor’s failure to get the support of at least 12 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly after two years.

In a post on his official Facebook page on Saturday, Lere stated that the governor should return home and live with his wife if he is incapable of playing politics.

Lere described how the former governor of Ekiti State handled the confrontation between the assembly members and the governor as soon as he took office.

He claims that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held just one of the 26 seats in the state House of Assembly when Fayose was elected governor in 2014, but the then-governor quickly altered the perception.

By the time Fayose “was being sworn in on October 16, 2014, the PDP had seven members of the House of Assembly, with two more APC lawmakers working with him underground,” he claimed. How did Fayose persuade six members of the APC House of Assembly to defect to the PDP?

“Nine members of the House of Assembly are needed in Ekiti to form a quorum to sit, and Fayose obtained the necessary number.”

However, a member of the House of Assembly in Rivers State is unable to win over 12 of the 32 members.

He chose to designate one of the four as his Chief of Staff, bringing the total down to three, rather than searching for eight more.

“How logical? Go home and stay with your wife if you are incapable of engaging in politics.