A political group, Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM), has slammed the media aide to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, for his alleged verbal attack on the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT,) Nyesom Wike.
The group in coalition with other 41 groups in Rivers State, yesterday, condemned what it described as “unwarranted, vexatious and unfortunate public attack on the FCT Minister”, over the state political crisis.
The coalition made the reaction in a statement they issued in Port Harcourt and jointly signed by Hon Johnson Georgewill (Director General, RRM) and Mrs. Sarima Akpata, Secretary RRM.
They stated “As a group, we are not surprised over this recent public shame exhibited by a supposed spokesman of the President on the Rivers State political imbroglio because we know Mr Daniel Bwala as one who speaks from both sides of his mouth.
“He satisfies his paymasters when it comes to policy communication on national or political issues. Rivers Restoration Movement believes the real issues are plain for the Nigerians to see”.
The coalition wondered where Bwala was “when in 2023 the FCT minister delivered Mr President in Rivers State which was the only state in the entire South-South and South East that Mr. President won in 2023.”
They insist that “As a group, we are forced to believe that Mr Bwala is on a mission to destroy the FCT minister because Atiku’s defeat in 2023 was 60% due to the influence of Minister Wike who ensured the South was allowed to replace late President Muhammadu Buhari and that has made Bwala extremely bitter that he has lost his sense of reasoning.
“It is also sad that Bwala who has no political value anywhere in Nigeria and was not privy to the agreement reached between Governor Fubara and the FCT Minister after the emergency rule was lifted will come on national television to denigrate the FCT, rubbish his achievements in the FCT which ultimately affects Mr. President’s popularity.
“RRM wants to make it clear to Bwala that the FCT MINISTER remains the leader of Rivers State politics and head of the renewed hope political wing for President Tinubu in Rivers State. Bwalla is advised to stay off Rivers State politics because his tactics of cash and carry commentary will fail this time”.
They however, called on President Tinubu to “sack Mr Daniel Bwala, the Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communications because of his misrepresentation of the Presidency on issues concerning Rivers State that Mr President has handled with agreements reached”.
The statement added “we under the leadership of H.E Nyesom Wike, will ensure that Mr President wins comfortably in Rivers State, the South-South and ultimately win the entire states in. Nigeria in 2027”.
