Wike to Tompolo: Fubara Never Asked for Forgiveness

• Minister Nyesom Wike has responded to ex-militant leader Tompolo’s appeal for reconciliation, stating that Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has not sought forgiveness.

• Wike, through his aide Lere Olayinka, said forgiveness can only happen when someone acknowledges wrongdoing and asks for it.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has responded to an appeal for reconciliation from former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, saying the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has not approached him to seek forgiveness.

Wike, speaking through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, clarified that for reconciliation to happen, the person believed to have committed a wrong must first acknowledge it.

“As Christians, let’s now assume that Fubara has offended the minister, do you forgive someone who has not come to you to seek forgiveness?” Olayinka asked.

He further stated that Wike had not made any personal accusation against Fubara but simply urged the governor to govern responsibly and not abandon those who supported him.

“The minister has never said that Fubara offended him personally. He only said that Fubara should govern in accordance with the rule of law and that Fubara should not throw away those who risked their lives and resources,” he added.

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Olayinka questioned Fubara’s sudden hostility towards Wike despite their former close relationship.

“Throughout the time he was working with this same Wike, Wike was not a bad person then. So, at what point did Wike become a bad person to him?” he said.

Using an analogy, he added, “You are begging a doctor to provide medicine for someone that is sick, but you are not begging the person that is sick to take the medicine. What happens?”