Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has responded to a recent allegation by former Governor Peter Odili that he turned Rivers State into his personal estate.
News reported how Odili, who led Rivers State for eight years, accused Wike, also an ex-governor, of turning the oil-rich state into his personal property.
Odili had commended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State for preventing the FCT Minister from turning the state into his private estate.
However, speaking at a luncheon in Port Harcourt on Friday, Wike fired back at the former governor.
The minister denied converting Rivers State into his private estate.
He said: “I never said so. I paid money for Rivers people to be medical doctors. I am trying to make Rivers State the medical hub of South-South Nigeria. How did I now come to convert Rivers State into a personal estate?
“I am the best governor that Rivers State has ever produced. How did I convert Rivers State as my personal estate? And people will not answer simple question.”