The Convener of the Igbo Union, Elias Odoemena, has slammed the Progressive Governors’ Forum over its ongoing face-off with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
According to him, there was a time when the same governors were enjoying Wike’s support after he helped the party retain the presidency in 2023.
He wondered where the governors were when, according to him, Wike was suffering for the APC and working for President Bola Tinubu, only for them to turn against him.
He pointed out that the major reason the APC governors are afraid is that they do not govern their states well. He said that if they govern their states well, they will have the support of the people.
He said on Arise News: “It is not always good for action to provoke a reaction. There was a time Wike was everywhere.
“Any governor that came to Abuja, or came into the city, would go and visit Wike, and they were enjoying Wike. All of them were enjoying Wike. He won the election for them.
“How did they come over now and become against the Rainbow Coalition? Why are they afraid of Wike? I don’t always support Wike, but in this particular one, I am supporting him.
“He worked for them. Where were you people when he was suffering for the party, suffering for the President? Now they don’t like Wike again.
“But if you are a governor, you have to govern well. When you are ruling your state well, the people will be with you. If we can have a thousand Rainbow Coalition, we will not touch you.”
The Progressive Governors’ Forum, led by the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, is strongly opposed to the Rainbow Coalition, which now stands as a clear threat to the governors and their candidates ahead of the upcoming general elections.