The newly elected LG chairman directs that Wike’s name be taken down from the council building. Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has had his name removed from the administrative block of the council secretariat by Chijioke Ihunwo, the newly elected chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State.
Following last Saturday’s local council elections, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara recently swore in Ihunwo and 22 other local government chairpersons. 22 of the 23 council seats were won by the Action Peoples Party in the elections, with one seat going to the Action Alliance.
In the meantime, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) expressed disapproval of the way the polls were being conducted. Eyes Of Lagos reports,
Ihunwo revealed on Sunday via X that the name of Wike, which was once prominently carved on the council secretariat’s administrative building, has been changed with the late Obi Wali, a state activist and former politician.
The LG chairman additionally released a video showing the moment Wali took Wike’s name off the block.
“We have changed Wike’s name in the Obio/Akpor Council admin block, and replaced with the name of SENATOR DR. OBI WALI,” the author stated.
Wike, the most recent governor of Rivers State, was a local council chairman before moving to the Rumuepirikom community in the Obio Akpor LGA of the state.
