Newly elected LG chairman orders removal of Wike’s name from council building

The newly elected Chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has removed the name of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from the council secretariat’s administrative block.

Ihunwo, alongside 22 other local government chairpersons, was recently sworn in by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, following the local council elections held last Saturday. In the elections, the Action Peoples Party secured 22 out of the 23 council seats, while the Action Alliance won one seat.

Meanwhile, both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) voiced opposition to the conduct of the elections.

In a post via X on Sunday, Ihunwo disclosed that Wike’s name, boldly engraved on the administrative building of the council secretariat, has now been replaced with a former politician and activist in the state, the late Obi Wali.

The LG chairman also shared a video of when Wike’s name was removed from the block and replaced with Wali.

He wrote, “We have changed Wike’s name in the admin block of Obio/Akpor Council, and replaced with the name of SENATOR DR. OBI WALI.”

Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, is from Rumuepirikom community in Obio Akpor LGA of the state and was a former local council chairman.