Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dared Kogi West Senator, Smart Adeyemi to make uncomplimentary comments about him and expect an instant reaction.
Wike threw the
challenge in reaction to comments by Senator Adeyemi where he referred to Abia
State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as a “drunkard”.
Senator Smart
Adeyemi had during debate on the confirmation of ex-Service Chiefs as
Non-Career Ambassadors lashed verbal abuse at Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia
State, describing him as a drunk.
But the Rivers
State Governor during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Niger-Delta at
Government House, Port Harcourt noted that Adeyemi’s disparaging comment was in
utter disrespect to the people of Abia State.
He said the Kogi Senator went overboard.
“I watched the
Senate plenary and even though you have immunity somebody will say a Governor
is a drunkard.
“I was just
watching the Senate President. He should have condemned it. How can he do that
to a Governor? How can somebody stand up in the Senate simply because he has
immunity and say a Governor is a drunkard?
“How can you
stand-up and abuse a whole people that elected a drunkard. That was an insult.
Anyways, that is Abia people. I wish he could say that to me one day. I will
give it back,” Wike warned.