Reasons why Wike Killed the Igbos in Rivers State

James Obi

Nov 4. 2020

Port Harcourt

Unknown to many, the genocide that took place in Oyigbo was a premeditated attack by Wike on the indigenes because they are not just passionate about their Igbo identity but also identifying with their brothers from the SE. Wike is a narcissist who hates Igbos with passion and he feels threatened that a union between Igbos and their Obigbo brothers could put a stop to ikwerre undue dominance and maltreatment of other minorities in Rivers State. His attack on them was aimed at breaking this emerging bond and brotherhood between Igbos and their Obigbo blood brothers but unfortunately for him, it has backfired and has achieved the very purpose he was trying to stop. For those who still don't know that Wike hates Igbos more than any politician alive today in Nigeria, I will give you facts on why Wike is against Igbo interests. Fact 1. Wike has been pushing a ridiculous propaganda that Igbos are not indigenous to Rivers State. He now often mention Igbos in the same way he mentions Hausa, Yorubas or Fulani as settlers in Rivers State. Despite the fact that this mindset is stupid and unreasonable, he keeps projecting it. Now, if Igbos are not indigenous to the state, what ethnic group does the indigenes of Oyigbo LGA belong to? I'm not even talking about other LGAs too that are Igbos in Rivers State. Fact 2. Of all the nationalists in Nigeria, Wike named a stadium after Gowon. Then one wonders what's the rational of doing so if not to show his Igbophobic tendencies. He did that to tell everyone that he appreciates how Gowon dealt with Igbos and saved them. In addition, he named old Aba road too. Fact 3. He publicly stated that criminals operating in parts of Rivers State are Igbos who operate from Anambra State. One begins to wonder why or how on earth a governor will make such slanderous claims. How did he arrive at such conclusion? Does it even make sense to profile not just a whole state but an entire ethnic group & project them like they're constituting nuisance on Rivers State?? Fact 4. He closed Ikoku spare parts market and goes about giving the impression that he is doing the Igbos a favor by allowing them to do business in Rivers State. There are more facts to prove that Wike hates Igbos with passion aside these few ones I listed. The killing of Oyigbo people has presented an opportunity for us Igbos to decisively put Wike where he belongs. If we can launch a massive but successful campaign against Buhari and Tinubu when they tried to humiliate us, and reduce them to persona non gratat, then who is Wike compared to those men? Wike does not have the capacity or influence those men have, considering they both belong to major ethnic groups and have massive followers who will defend them anytime and any day unlike Wike who belongs to a minute minority group. He even shot himself at the foot, because he wasn't even smart to know that those he is fighting are the only significant support base he has. Tinubu and his people, as well as the Northerners have never genuinely liked him except when they want to exploit him.