Not too long ago, Dr Sampson Parker asked Nyesom Wike some pertinent questions which he has not been able to respond to.
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” I know Nyesom Wike very well. We are both products of the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi political family. Wike may be described as a son of perdition but he was loved by his family.
“As I stated not too long ago, we have entered another political season. But this should not deter us from speaking the truth to our people.
The reality is that all power belongs to God and He gives to whom it pleases Him to bless. If in the quest for power we destroy institutions, malign people and fabricate stories just to score cheap political points, we fool nobody but ourselves. It is like building a structure on quick sands.
I am a man of simple tastes. My family size is very manageable. I was practicing medicine before politics. God has blessed me. I know my history. I have no desire forprimitive acquisition of obscene wealth as I do not indulge in expensive habits like consumption of drinks that cost hundreds of thousands of naira a bottle. When I travel within and outside Nigeria I am content to do so in commercial airliners. Yet I feel no envy or jealousy towards those who, even as serving public officers, travel in private jets at least twice a week.
“I challenge Nyesom Wike to make same claims. Wike has been in public service all of his adult life. There is no record that he has worked anywhere, either as a lawyer or a businessman, yet Nyesom wike has properties in Port Harcourt valued at over N5,000,000,000 ( five billion naira )
I shall give 50% of my August salary to Nyesom Wike or anybody who can prove that the Minister of State for Education has travelled to Port Harcourt on a commercial flight more than two times since being sworn in as Minister of State for Education. I repeat, at least two stubs of flight tickets or manifest that proves that Wike was a passenger on any commercial airline. Who pays for the chattered flights Wike comes to Port Harcourt with at least two times a week?
Wike’s private residence in Asokoro, Abuja, is said to be worth at least ₦1,000,000,000.00 (One billion naira). How did the minister of state for education acquire that kind of property?
“How can a man who has never managed a private company in his life afford tens of cars which he doles out to his supporters? Did he sponsor some of his supporters to the world cup in Brazil with his salary as Minister? How many years did he save money to sponsor these people to Brazil?
Wike should tell Nigerians who pays for his favorite brandy, Louis XIII, which costs at least £5,000 (five thousand pounds) or ₦1,400,000 a bottle?
Conversely, I challenge Wike to tell Nigerians and indeed the world my assets, apart from my house in Okrika, so as to support his allegations against me. He should also expose all the assets acquired by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi who he claims to have made Governor of Rivers State.
The injunction, “those who live in glass houses should not throw stones” should have been imbibed by Wike.
“He claims to be a lawyer but cannot show one brief written by him. His familiarity with court rooms are as a result of being a plaintiff or defendant in law suits. A man with no visible means of livelihood yet owns malls, mansions, and doles out cash and gifts in millions of naira daily;a man whose earnings do not match his assets should be the last person to accuse anyone of corruption. He needs no one to show him the face in the mirror when he accuses people of corruption.
However, I pray that those who aspire to lead should be very mindful of their utterances and actions, especially in this season. If by the time this election cycle is over our people and institutions have been destroyed who will they govern?
I am ready to stake my character, reputation and integrity against Wike’s. Let the Rivers people and indeed Nigerians be the judge.
Daily, I remind myself of what the good book says: “Power belongs to God.”
DR. TAMUNOIYORIARI S. PARKER
Hon. Commissioner for Health
Rivers State.
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