FCT Min - Barr. Wike's Speech @ The Rainbow Coalition Luncheon For 2027 Rivers Election Candidates

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]Your Excellencies, our dear leader, the chairman >> of the Rivers Elders Council, very dependable, very reliable, very unassuming.

[00:00:31]But who God has blessed, given everything, age, wealth, and whatever, yet very very humble and very honest to the point that you begin to ask, "Indeed, do we still have people like this in this part of our world.

[00:01:02]Chief Fidogo.

[00:01:08]Hello brother.

[00:01:14]Your excellency the ambassador.

[00:01:21]I won't say the word this great again.

[00:01:24]just waiting for his ticket to fly down.

[00:01:30]One of our respected elders and leaders and a non-leal luminary chief OCJ Oko advocate of Nigeria.

[00:01:49]In the same way, Senator always o your excellency former minister of state federal capital territory former commissioner under the military regime not democratically elected federal commissioner today revenue and fiscal mobilization and to the glory of God the coordinator of the new hope agenda of Mr. President, former ambassador to South Korea, Senate ambassador Desmond Akaw, the single senators here, the right, the honorable speaker of the most dependable assembly as Nigeria is concerned, who to the glory of will be representing the most important federal constituency federal constituency.

[00:03:18]It's not whether you want it or not, but that's what it is.

[00:03:23]Martin A.

[00:03:27]Why do I say so?

[00:03:30]So of you who don't know they have the numbers the federal consult has what the number so when I said the most important you are looking for vote and the people who can put the numbers you have to be careful so whether you are from the my right my left the back or front you need them.

[00:04:02]You need them.

[00:04:04]Don't hate them. It is the god's the law's uh doing. Maybe tomorrow go can push their number high.

[00:04:15]Maybe tomorrow can tell even people can be can raise their numbers but today this is the current way. So Mr. Speaker, you have made Dear Mark, whether anybody likes it or not, the history of this state will not be complete if you don't put you and your colleagues who have shown that money is not everything in politics.

[00:04:54]So many people fall by the side because of one naira.

[00:05:00]You have stood firm say it doesn't matter the hunger.

[00:05:06]It doesn't matter what anybody will say.

[00:05:09]You stand by the truth and you defend democracy and you indeed defended democracy. But for you, it been difficult for us to be here today. Maybe we may be here mourning crying what has happened to us. But look at how we have all gathered. We must go back to history. What has made us together here today? What have I made to be strong?

[00:05:41]But for these young men and women, God will continue to bless you.

[00:05:51]Uh-huh.

[00:05:55]Sergeant without rank chi.

[00:06:02]I will say your own sergeant is sergeant as a name. Not sergeant with rank but sergeant as a name.

[00:06:17]The man who refused on that day who pleaded with us that we should allow what today we are suffering to be for the interest of peace unity of the state. But who was removed as chairman of tradition council when he was under coma.

[00:06:46]God said you will not die.

[00:06:49]God say you'll be alive and see and let you understand that power is transit is transit. Power is not permanent. It to come and uh go tomorrow you can't. Pride didn't go with you when you had the opportunity.

[00:07:12]Didn't go well, you have to account.

[00:07:16]Did it go bad? You have to account for it.

[00:07:21]I'm sure you are happy you are alive and see what is happening in River State today.

[00:07:28]The executive director finance and administration, former commissioners, several of sports and local government.

[00:07:42]Chief Bulma, the lion would never die. I have always if lion didn't die, how did he come?

[00:07:54]So the lion was now for another lion to come but just say it's not correct that lion has now died that's okay I know his father was catcher so how did he now become f if the father didn't go so our dear leaders the party chairman of PDP of APC of labor party of aa all the candidates the parties I've mentioned that are here.

[00:08:29]Gentlemen of the press, ladies and gentlemen, let me correct one impression.

[00:08:42]the Rainbow Coalition.

[00:08:46]We have not chosen who will be the governor of River State, but we have candidates who have emerged under Rainbow Coalition.

[00:09:00]The only person we have chosen is that we're going to support President Ba Ahmed.

[00:09:09]So when I hear some people came here, they said this, it's an indictment on me when there's a candidate for my own party too. And we are now sad to say at the end of the day where's Rainbow Coalition going to everybody here whether you are DC whether you are PDP whether you in labor where you are aa you are all okay for state.

[00:09:55]Nobody harvest.

[00:10:23]I have been praying and I know the Labor party have been praying.

[00:10:29]I know A has been praying. So, so APC has been praying. At the end of the day, let this coalition pick one of us.

[00:10:44]I think that is the entire thing we are doing. So let nobody come here now to say oh we thank you for picking APC we have not decided we have not but we will decide at the appropriate time so don't come and carry me without me knowing aa will be preparing labor be preparing we nobody meet in our leader Uh mind you the leader of this coalition the chairman the elder is the PDP member. So you can do begin to celebrate when you know that when you know that we are going to meet in our elers's house and take a position this where we are going to but whatever it is all we are saying the rainbow coalition means well for river state Ambassador man has said one thing good today I want to say and nobody has taken time to study why did this remote corision come up nobody I've watched on television money human rights activists mafia messengers, conmen of different degrees talking about River State as if they have anything they have contributed to River State.

[00:12:38]People used to hear rivers of blood.

[00:12:43]Media people, media houses have made money by printing in their front pages in the breaking news rivers of blood.

[00:12:56]They're happy.

[00:13:00]But God said no, we must come together as a people irrespective of their political leaning. What is important is that we must talk about the development of our state. We must talk about the unity of our state. This is the first time in the history of this of this state during primaries of major political parties. Major major major not political parties have not contested election. Political parties that are coming to say they because of defection.

[00:13:39]defection is not running of election.

[00:13:43]The only party that have run election in this country is PDP, is APC, is Labor Party. ADC have never run election. NDC have never run election. So they don't understand what is called running of election. They only understand defection.

[00:14:08]So when people make defection is not that you've run election NOW WILL BE THE test of you will see election practical now ADC you see election practical NDC you see election practical it's not oh generous let enjoy you have lot you will get the experience and you will test that experience for River State.

[00:14:38]You will see what is the election.

[00:14:48]Let me tell all of us here we have talked about thanking Mr. President.

[00:14:59]We are no sacrif.

[00:15:03]We don't need to come out on televisions to say president will thank you.

[00:15:08]President will love you.

[00:15:10]The only way you can show a man you love him.

[00:15:16]The only way you can show a man you're interested in him is to show your commitment to him. And that commitment is by how and how many votes you produce for him.

[00:15:36]Not going to Lagos for salah.

[00:15:41]No.

[00:15:43]Not going to see him in Paris. No.

[00:15:48]The only way you must show love to Mr. President is when the time comes how many votes will you deliver for Mr. president for him to win election and that's why I said look it is better for us to be here put our hands in order work very hard and produce the results that will make the other parties to shut their mouth up and Mr. president will win this election and win very very well.

[00:16:34]Remember in 2023 at Abuaka under PDP never scored up to 10%.

[00:16:51]>> You remember that?

[00:16:54]It will be very very disheartening, very painful to us if in 2023 at Abuaka did not get 10%.

[00:17:10]Now he comes to get 11%.

[00:17:14]Then we all played our while you here.

[00:17:19]They were not sincere.

[00:17:23]We're not what if he gets 10% which he didn't get last time then all of you are responsible for it.

[00:17:36]We will make sure ADC whatever name it may call them will not get 10% here.

[00:17:53]A man WHO'S NOT READY FOR battle who wants that made food.

[00:18:01]Mama put food is ready. You don't want to put fire for the food to be cooked.

[00:18:10]You don't want to grandp all you want everything is ready to eat.

[00:18:18]It's not it's not available in the state. You must work hard.

[00:18:24]by bringing firewood, by washing the pot, by grinding the pepper and all the other condiments and put it on fire and let it be boiling and then you try to turn it and see whether there's too much pepper or there's too much salt before you bring it down.

[00:18:49]Before you now say, "Okay, my people food is ready. against all of us. Each anybody who does not know how to take challenges, family, community, local government cannot know what to talk about. A complex country like Nigeria.

[00:19:13]In that sense, I don't know who's running there.

[00:19:19]I thought that this would be the presidential candidate. I don't know who they are produced now but whoever whoever we cannot make mistake we must still be what we are whom the people we have people have known we keep to our words there's no need of going back and forth there's no amount of intimidation we have won election in this state when there are a lot of intimidation now there's No intimidation.

[00:19:59]Now there's no intimidation.

[00:20:03]All of us who have agreed for 2023.

[00:20:08]So we cannot change now to continue to support the secret and I want to quote you say look learn from people who are doing well not envy them in this country.

[00:20:45]I challenge any state do what we are doing and see whether you will survive it.

[00:20:54]Do what we are doing see whether you will survive.

[00:21:00]Nobody does well without hatred. I hope you know that even in a class work where all of you are classmates only those who want spare to be high to be good will not envy the person who is taking first.

[00:21:20]Those who will never be will never do well their anger every time they carry first. every time they carry first. No, let him die here.

[00:21:33]So he shouldn't be worried about people when they hear they angry because you've done what that people say it is difficult to do.

[00:21:53]Now you must say God I thank you for giving River State that kind of understanding that we must work for the development of our state. It doesn't matter the way you want to go about it. What matters is you are talking about development of the United States whether from the left from the right from the front or back is the interest the development of the state that matters so much.

[00:22:31]I don't bother I don't care what people are talking about.

[00:22:37]If you are angry with what PDP is doing, if you are angry with what APC is doing, if you are angry with what Labor Party or AA is doing, you still have a lot of choice.

[00:22:52]Why are you angry about PDP and APC?

[00:22:59]You say you're not a member of APC. You say I'm not a member of PDP. And you are angry about what they are doing.

[00:23:07]take your human rights activism and go to where human rights are AND PRODUCE A candidate that will beat these people who are doing left and right.

[00:23:23]If you're a mafia messenger, go to where you message. There are no mafia here.

[00:23:32]We were not mafia.

[00:23:34]So you cannot be our messenger.

[00:23:40]These are people when you see them on national television the next day they call you forget that I talk for television.

[00:23:50]you are still my friend.

[00:23:53]I don't talk that way to talk I don't talk to that's not the kind of characters you should bother yourself.

[00:24:03]Look at the faces of these are people who have tested politics either by contesting or by sponsoring people. Look at the faces here.

[00:24:13]So people are angry.

[00:24:16]They thought we would have collapsed.

[00:24:20]We are here.

[00:24:23]No shooting of gun, no burning of houses because we shocked them. They didn't know where we are coming from. If they knew they would have been laughing that we told them we deal with them. Let me tell you the style of politics this time the kind of campaign we will run it never happen in this country.

[00:24:51]I will not tell them but they will be shocked for me is believers. Where are you what I want to say to all of you?

[00:25:08]We're in a coalition.

[00:25:12]If you are allow me and which I've always prayed I said tribu should finish and you will win but in considering sh don't allow all these people who you don't know where they come from their address you know the next political party we should take second I don't think you understood what I'm saying.

[00:25:48]>> Is it algebra?

[00:25:50]>> Do you understand?

[00:25:52]>> Do you understand?

[00:25:56]It is only in this state that it can happen because we have the people.

[00:26:06]I will never bother myself and my people who say I'm the son of this person.

[00:26:16]If people hear my the name I'm not for me.

[00:26:23]I've always told people OCJ is my father. Yes.

[00:26:30]OJ did very well. Yes.

[00:26:34]They were the best in Nigeria. Yes.

[00:26:38]They bought 20 plates. Yes.

[00:26:41]You who are you? What have you bought?

[00:26:46]Why didn't you do like OCJ did? My father. My father. Talk about you.

[00:26:55]Your father came.

[00:26:57]It is your father that made the whole ethnic group to be popular. We agree.

[00:27:02]You What have you done to continue to consolidate what your father did? All you will do is to be a con man to play while you look look I have to whatever your father did may God continue to bless your father wherever he is.

[00:27:29]But God will not be happy with you who cannot continue from where their father stopped rather to damage every good work, every relationship that their father had built.

[00:27:46]So don't allow people who cannot grow what their father had built on and begin to talk.

[00:27:57]If I raise my son's hand, the whole group will vote for him because of my father. Ch. Why do you talk? Because of what? Because of you.

[00:28:09]What? Because of you. Why my father?

[00:28:13]Your father has done well. He's gone.

[00:28:17]You do better than your father. Not what I have told you.

[00:28:25]People think that we are still living those old age. No, we are not there.

[00:28:30]Nobody will determine our destiny.

[00:28:34]Nobody will determine our destiny.

[00:28:38]We have to choose. We have to determine our own destiny.

[00:28:43]Where do you want to be tomorrow?

[00:28:46]And you work hard to be there.

[00:28:49]associated with people whom mean wealth who talks about progress not about people who have seen that they couldn't do it all their life is envy of those who are able to do it you can't grow you can't grow what is it somebody has done well identify with him growth will be your own but if you don't identify with him every day he quar ming Is he the only one be there? He will continue to be the shining star.

[00:29:29]Most of you have come out here. You'll be loyal to me. No, be loyal to the state. Bring development to the state.

[00:29:39]Make impact.

[00:29:41]If you're a lawmaker, let Nigerian KNOW AT THE NATIONAL level that you are talking.

[00:29:49]The business of a law maker is to talk.

[00:29:52]It's not to buy.

[00:29:57]Make laws meaningful law. Every time you're going to buy KRAPA THAT CRIMINALS AND BANDITS will use to chase people away, go there.

[00:30:11]and make law that will bring development to our people.

[00:30:18]That's what it is.

[00:30:21]What have you contributed that will make River State to be the treasury base of the nation?

[00:30:32]Go and sit down with your colleagues and discuss.

[00:30:37]is very important.

[00:30:41]So if I don't press if I press three, oh what do you expect? See why I said we should support him. Are we not getting the benefits?

[00:30:53]>> Are we not getting the benefit?

[00:30:57]Very soon we will do census local government by local government.

[00:31:06]while I was governor what I did now the minister what we have done to Mr. president. what appointments that have come to River State.

[00:31:24]who do that and compare compare to when Jo when them when they were f government when all of yesterday when work bombs nar judge Somebody's blocking my ass.

[00:32:14]Compare their government then and the government of the federal government. Now the this federal government what we have done when you support somebody the person will so show appreciation.

[00:32:32]President has shown so much appreciation to us.

[00:32:44]from 1999 those who became president let us not be selfish let's talk let's tell our simple uh truth 1999 before you begin to go and talk ethnic group 1999 9.

[00:33:10]From 1999 to 2007.

[00:33:18]From 2007 to 2015.

[00:33:27]from 2016 to 2023 and from 2023 till now.

[00:33:40]Compare from 2023 to 226 3 years. Is it not true?

[00:33:46]>> It's not true.

[00:33:49]Now take back 8 years, 5 years, 2 years or 3 years, another 8 years.

[00:34:02]Combine them together.

[00:34:05]Check what river state has benefited under a government of three years and ALL THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE years compare.

[00:34:25]It's not you know we like to play games.

[00:34:30]No don't play. Say the truth.

[00:34:33]3 years, see what you have.

[00:34:38]And they say 20 something years, see what you have.

[00:34:45]That tells you we don't have any choice but to continue to support Bola.

[00:34:53]He may not have been the one, but your brother is your brother. Your sister is your sister.

[00:35:01]That's the truth.

[00:35:06]So I thank all of you and all those who put this together to celebrate our candidates in the various political parties.

[00:35:20]Those who are angry, I encourage you put your own together too. Face us.

[00:35:27]Face us. Leave television.

[00:35:31]Television does not give you vote.

[00:35:35]Television does not give vote. Come down here.

[00:35:40]Polling unit by polling unit.

[00:35:44]Word by what? Local government by local government. That's where you get result.

[00:35:55]IF YOU LIKE I politics of today and channels. If you like I rise. If you like Ian TVC if you like it is there NTS there. DBN is whatever you like. It do not give you vote.

[00:36:19]What will give you vote? Come here.

[00:36:23]Everybody go to your pooling unit.

[00:36:25]Operation deliver your pooling uh unit.

[00:36:29]Operation deliver your word. Op constituency operation deliver your local government.

[00:36:39]If you collect money from anybody justify that body you collected and say I think who gave me money he must win here do so. Let me hear anybody that will say that here.

[00:36:54]>> Is it possible?

[00:36:56]>> No.

[00:36:57]>> Is it possible?

[00:36:58]>> No.

[00:37:00]>> I will deliver my own pulling unit.

[00:37:03]>> I will deliver my own word.

[00:37:06]>> I will deliver my constituency.

[00:37:09]>> I will deliver my local government to bob.

[00:37:13]You deliver your own.

[00:37:18]Don't come to robream a national television. No cream will not give you vote.

[00:37:31]No.

[00:37:34]It's not I'm not I'm a journalist.

[00:37:41]I agree. You're a journalist. Everybody cannot be a journalist.

[00:37:47]Can everybody here be journalist?

[00:37:50]>> Yes, you're an engineer. We thank you.

[00:37:53]May God continue to bless you. Everybody here will not be engineer. Is that correct? I'm a lawyer. Fine.

[00:38:01]God bless you for being a a lawyer.

[00:38:06]Use it and make sure your candidate wins.

[00:38:16]Let me see anybody who will come and tell me in my unit I cannot win.

[00:38:22]I cannot win my word.

[00:38:26]What about you in politics?

[00:38:30]I didn't say I will be a pastor.

[00:38:34]My father is a pastor.

[00:38:37]I never promise I will be a pastor >> because I know as a politician I will not do what the pastor is supposed to do.

[00:38:55]You saw what happened in NDC. There's one woman who said who gets an appointee out of government. You have you to speak grammar speak ordinary primary of NDC and what happened? You see it is easy for people to talk when they enter into that those media houses they begin to churn out data. You don't know where it comes from. Now the time for data has come.

[00:39:33]What happened? F it didn't work. If it didn't primary NDC does that not like APC or PDP just NDC it didn't make it but you will pontificate and tell you this and that the time for pontification came what happened it work and it will not work.

[00:40:11]Follow those who understand this country, who understand the politics, who mean well for the development of this uh country.

[00:40:24]I stand tall to say I'm a proud reverse man.

[00:40:29]>> I'm a proud reverse man.

[00:40:33]I was governor of this state.

[00:40:36]of nobody will say they didn't hear the voice of River Street. No way. You must hear and they had it.

[00:40:49]You sent me as minister of FCT by the grace of God through Mr. President.

[00:40:56]This third year of Mr. President alone third year we are taking 31 days for commission of project I'm not talking about boho I challenge anybody you know you have forgotten we met here last time and I head and even it was in cabar's protect here and I said look anybody from another state who is trying to destroy river state the person will have problem they not say so remember when people were saying that oh they will do this in my two too good. You put hand, you get fire.

[00:42:00]Did I get the fire or not?

[00:42:03]>> Are they well now?

[00:42:04]>> No.

[00:42:06]>> And I've also told them those of them who are still not convinced, who think that they can come here and do anything because they believe so much money Mr. President has made available to some nationals. Be careful.

[00:42:27]Be careful. Trouble is on the way to your state.

[00:42:33]Trouble is on the way to your state.

[00:42:37]Because we don't make trouble. We are peaceful people. But when you come here to put your hand, anything you see, take All of that says we are fighting better than PDP conflict ra than ABC wala we were here jubilating is it not does that not tell us something don't don't touch where God has blessed his people don't don't God have blessed this state and God will continue not to bless to this uh street.

[00:43:21]Yes, people want to try us but you being firm, being committed and being united, nothing will help, nothing will stop us.

[00:43:31]We will get to where God say we'll get to. Nobody can pull this state down.

[00:43:39]I may not have the time to call everybody back. This is the only platform I have.

[00:43:47]My brothers and sisters, if you are talking about local state governorship election in this state, forget it. It's gone.

[00:44:01]If you can have a presidential election here is gone. Let me advise you.

[00:44:08]I use this opportunity to this platform.

[00:44:12]I forgiven everybody.

[00:44:15]I have forgiven everybody.

[00:44:20]I want you to come back home sincerely.

[00:44:25]Come back home sincerely because my brother 8 years off of politics is something else.

[00:44:35]Because this rainbow coalition will not only win next year, we will be here for another 80s.

[00:44:46]If you check the age of Jose now he's not le than 68 next year you will be 69 add 8 years 77 my brother you already living so you have you see my brothers all of you too don't be greedy go back to your brothers.

[00:45:15]Say uncle, brother, auntie, I know that my gun is there.

[00:45:24]>> We have played politics. We have abused ourselves. This is the right time for you to come back.

[00:45:31]But I won't lie to you. If you are thinking that any any miracle will happen to obton to pull the rock off us is a lie. We are very very at any time any day.

[00:45:48]So use this opportunity today and come back.

[00:45:53]We'll take you back. We walk with everybody. We are not selfish.

[00:45:59]The food the the the what they call the okay said the sorry before you misinterpret it okay say they say okay chop money okay chop money now I will chop this small thing where I cut I the remain there come and cut your own is available don't don't don't kill self available. He get back we used to be very close but we fought politics.

[00:46:39]He say my brother this one too much.

[00:46:43]is back. We are working together.

[00:46:46]That's why it is. Look at the combination. My goodness is in my back.

[00:46:52]You see one was telling you about what said go and remove put picture as secretary to to governor and he said no.

[00:47:07]The same person he told to which picture it is that person now he bought as a That tells you people just forget it.

[00:47:19]My understand didn't do that. God to bless maybe I would have removed it.

[00:47:27]That's why you know those of you who are night unfortunately I'm not a knight.

[00:47:34]I think of only one man here who refuse to be a a night. I prefer to be a day so I can see very very well and I've seen very very well I will say don't be angry >> I said I won't join you and be a day man you're a night person be there let me be here when we get everything we meet together for the interest of our people but everybody we are going to work together.

[00:48:11]I have never done anything based on ethnicity or religion. I would do that.

[00:48:17]I was bum was with me this afternoon and we discussing we are chatting. I revealed to OCJ part of the things that was saying and I told OJ see the problem I have that was said why did I say because OCJ is my brother I will not be a part of conspiracy against him all those who know me very well I said people just want to do whatever they want to do this state must grow for the benefit of all of us.

[00:48:54]If we are talking about ethnicity, I have told people who are talking about this now.

[00:49:00]When did he who sat with me?

[00:49:04]Who sat with me to say come and take this?

[00:49:11]Who sat with me?

[00:49:14]Just was angry. He didn't talk with me for years. It's not correct.

[00:49:19]Is not correct.

[00:49:21]No, >> it's not correct.

[00:49:24]>> People just come up because sentiment we must work as a team. My brother is the person who is here who make me not to regret who make me not to cry.

[00:49:40]All of us were seated here. Tomorrow we all going to work together for one person to become a governor. It doesn't matter where the person come from. But let the person don't make us to cry.

[00:49:51]Let it not make us to regret that we all had sleepless night.

[00:50:00]That's what we're talking about. It's not about where you come from. No, no. Let's walk that. We put you together to make sure we are happy. Happiness is not that you're bashing us money.

[00:50:18]Happiness is governance.

[00:50:21]When I was a governor, I dare say who who who is that my colleague that come at reverse state. Who is that? Who is that person? Yeah. Fellow governor be appointed. You must go for psychiatric hospital. You must go for psychiatric test.

[00:50:41]I see some states now talking about river state. I cry. I said hey my brother this is how the according to Magnus this is how the earth is things have gotten told was worse that even you from this state can point at state but it will never happen again it will never happen again it will never happen that's why they are not happy They should go and die.

[00:51:20]They should go and do what? Die.

[00:51:23]If you're not happy, share business. We are happy. We want our state to compete favorably with other states.

[00:51:33]That's what we need.

[00:51:35]What do I want?

[00:51:37]People say, "Oh, you want to? What do I want?" People asking for money. Okay.

[00:51:43]The money has has not come now for 3 years. It's not correct. Have we died?

[00:51:48]No, >> we have not died.

[00:51:51]We are still living, standing firm.

[00:51:58]See what the renew is doing everywhere.

[00:52:03]All states THAT HAVE GOVERNORS CANNOT STAND WHAT IS DOING IN this state.

[00:52:10]We don't have anybody who gives us money.

[00:52:13]It's through your hard labor.

[00:52:16]Chairman of councils, assembly members, national assembly leaders contributing to make sure our state remains our state. Our state stand tall.

[00:52:31]Let other states they have money. So much money in states now.

[00:52:39]Let them do what we are doing.

[00:52:42]Let them do I don't want people to cry.

[00:52:45]Nobody can come here and carry our material. Nobody will can hijack our material here. Dare it there.

[00:52:56]So if you want to be relevant in the politics of River State, come and join the Rainbow Coalition.

[00:53:05]If you want to be important in the politics of River State, come and join the Rainbow Coalition. If you want to be governor, come here.

[00:53:14]If you want to be senator come here. If want house of rest come be here. If you want assembly come here. If want of local government come here. You must come. If you don't come you cannot get it.

[00:53:31]You cannot get it. You must come here.

[00:53:37]You don't know what we have suffered.

[00:53:39]what we have to build a system. It's not easy.

[00:53:45]It's not easy, sir. Let me also thank Tony code. He's not here. He's not here.

[00:53:57]I I was talking to our leader, Chief Faba, but we agreed that well in the next leadership they should call him. But I thank him for that uh show him that sportsmanship that is not a do or die that's for the interest of river state and he had agreed to work with us to join us. So I just want to put all of you on notice that has agreed he will join this rainbow coalition and if he comes let everybody also open your hands and receive him.

[00:54:52]>> Let me thank uh judge Kelly.

[00:54:59]He know a young man you know when you see young men is different from we the elderly ones elderly not elderly where our child is before you go and put my head together where her and OCJ but I think after that I can comfortably claim elder if you two years we are still elder at the So don't think that if three years in equal tradition if it three years we are in the same age bracket. So those of you who one year don't begin to say what does it mean? We are all in the same age bracket but by my position I'm now an elder you know. So Josh Kelly has done well. I have shown loyalty. Let me tell you, some of you may not know there was a time I was to be a senator.

[00:56:11]So John wanted to be a senator. So he went to the government house.

[00:56:20]So they told him to come and talk to me.

[00:56:24]He was finding it difficult to come and approach me. So somehow as that he has not been made. No, he had not been made but we stopped him somewhere. We stopped him for me. So he came. That man was a chief of staff. He came. When he came in to open up his mouth was difficult. He was looking at me. I said sit down now. He sat down. I said what did you come to do? He said wait now let me tell you why why you are telling me what I said I know what you came for you don't need to they say come and talk to me tell the man who sent you let him talk to me if he talks to me now go he's a child that's problem by the end of the day we allowed him he went and suddenly one day he got stroke when you when you are going for your third time or fourth time.

[00:57:30]So look this we were all brother and sister he's given just will tell you he he spoke to all his people and they promised him that they will support him. So I invited him in government house. All of them lined up. Bummer is there. Linda is here.

[00:57:52]Where are they? Where is that? Those boys are honored. Uh where's Edar?

[00:58:03]All of them. He told me that everybody has agreed is I said are you sure? He said fine everybody. My brothers, what I saw that day, everybody who spoke spoke against what he looked at me like this. Judge was dying.

[00:58:28]All those who told him you you got up, don't worry you. Then when they are told to speak one by one, one by one, all I just see but as a doctor I have to heal a patient.

[00:58:49]As a doctor I have to heal a a patient.

[00:58:51]You have to save life.

[00:58:55]Immediately I stood up.

[00:58:58]I said look all what all of you have said there you are correct.

[00:59:03]George not a good man.

[00:59:06]George is a bad man.

[00:59:09]Judge Aradite, Judge Dicks.

[00:59:15]But I said, do you know one thing?

[00:59:21]You know, Gabrieladon of Edo state when Liberon did their first.

[00:59:31]So they said, you didn't do well. So G said I know somebody who didn't do well must repeat.

[00:59:42]So since your son didn't do well he has to repeat that class and that class in the governorship class. So allow him to repeat so he will pass and move to the next class. So I said look all these people said I agree but judge has to go back so he understand that it is good to do well how judge revived I didn't know this BP was 190 something before before I knew it judge B became 110 over But the point is that we must see ourself as there's nothing in this party that you must kill your self. Today is not for you. Tomorrow will be for you.

[01:00:41]I sought to be senator.

[01:00:44]They denied me.

[01:00:46]Senator, they denied me. Where did I end?

[01:00:51]Governor, Senator, Senator, if I run that, I would have been doing oversight function.

[01:01:00]You see what God did for me? This pushing me to oversight function. He now brought me to the the main place where oversight oversight I woke up.

[01:01:13]So you you never can tell where God is taking you to.

[01:01:19]So it's important for us to know this.

[01:01:24]See uh uh Magus he was run under SP unknown party I hope you know that SV was unknown party Magros try to bring the party anyway unknown party to survive a river state my brother it's not easy so when I see ADC I see NDC I said they should ask what an unknown party is but day and what is he chairman of what chairman of what you don't even know what's called n what is it Nigeria will survive Nigeria will not survive is where >> so that is somebody who was running under unknown unknown he tried to make it known the gods of the land say we are not used to this one what are you what are pushing pushing us.

[01:02:25]So anybody running under ADC and running under NDC when you will see the wrath of the of the gods of this land you will know what man will help them tell them that my brother I have tried this before the gods of the land they don't recognize you if they want to recognize you it is not now you have to be there for the next 10 15 years before they recognize So that's how it is. Don't bother. Look at assembly people. They never knew that most of them will go three times, four, five. It's only Linda that told me miss her. I have done more five times. I can't take it though. But she's promoted today to go to the house of that is loyalty.

[01:03:21]What will she give us?

[01:03:24]What money will Lind thy give to us?

[01:03:27]Nothing. But just remember this was where you were. See what people did to promote you to so so please do you now abandon them to listen to people say look Linda after all you are whom you are you a member of national assembly you can tell everybody to go to hell.

[01:03:53]Tell them it will hungry you the next time.

[01:03:58]Like those people when they wanted to give me tattoo in the calabar land they brought women told women to be naked.

[01:04:12]>> Everything was done. The same people the forbidden fruit came back. Forgive me. I said yes. You too forgive me.

[01:04:25]The only way we forgive ourel stay where you go your own. Let me go my own.

[01:04:35]>> Oh, I thought that song has gone.

[01:04:51]Nobody wore.

[01:05:09]So you see there are >> that's so Watch tomorrow what you've done today.

[01:05:22]So many states will emulate you because it's not common. It takes people who love themselves. It takes people understanding.

[01:05:34]Now you will see that nobody will be afraid who becomes governor because appointment will spread among the coalition.

[01:05:45]you open up the coalition.

[01:05:48]So it's no longer PDP has won.

[01:05:52]Therefore, if you're not a member of PDP, you won't benefit. It's no longer APC has won. If you're not APC, you won't benefit. It's no longer Labor Party lost. Therefore, they will not benefit. It's no longer a has won. No, everybody, be it AA, be it Labor Party, be it PDP, be it uh APC, everybody will benefit and there will be peace in the state.

[01:06:24]Nobody will be those who have not come like the ABC Canadian said all of them are looking for opportunity to come and join the rainbow coalition. They will come. We still have a lot of time. They will do what? Come and we will embrace them. All we are seeking for is peace in River State. Peace in River State.

[01:06:54]All those media houses who think they will use river state to sell their papers and news. Too bad for you that no more news, there's nothing to tell the world. No more rivers of blood, nobody of shooting, it is not reverse of unity.

[01:07:17]So anywhere you are as Magus is today when he goes there he sees Ben he knows is a coalition he sees son he knows is a coalition he sees my boss whom I have been declared as the party candidate of party he will see him as part of coalition okay Jinder will not say oh You you are not PDP.

[01:07:47]You you are not APC. You you are not this. No. Everybody one love keep us together.

[01:08:01]>> So I want everybody to understand that it does not matter the only political party we have in this state now is Rainbow Coalition. Is Rainbow Coalition.

[01:08:14]so that we can work together and achieve the result. When I was living as governor of River State, I thought we'll be competing favorably with Lagos.

[01:08:28]That was my vision that we will compete.

[01:08:32]But it's not too late.

[01:08:35]It's not too late. What's important that you have realized that your state is not moving forward but your state must move forward to compete with other people particularly Lagos uh state you may not be like them but let it be if they counting these days when I see people talking nobody counts rivers in the first 50 when I was governor So no is that first or manage it we take second we cannot take third fourth and fifth but anytime you wake is your own uh morning now we have woken up we must bring back our state to where it's supposed to be.

[01:09:28]We must have a governor who can stand and discuss with his colleagues and his colleagues must respect our governor.

[01:09:37]That's a man of softance. He's a man that his people are backing him.

[01:09:43]That's what we are supposed to be. And those of us who are in Abuja will also give strength and give support because not one man alone can do it. It is the collaborative effort of those in BS or those in agencies even ambassadors can help their state to grow and open up channels how they can leverage on opportunities potentials that are bound for their states to tap. That's what we're talking about. I want to thank all of you for what you've done for keeping us together and for agreeing to continue to support asu bah ahmed tinibu. Thank you and God bless you.