Nwifuru to Wike: I will consume, destroy you

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has threatened to deal with FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
To the governor of the South-East state, he has a formidable political machinery to deal with Wike and his loyalists in their desperation to take over the state in 2027.

Nwifuru was reacting to claims by Wike’s loyalists that President Bola Tinubu handed over political control of Ebonyi State to the minister’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of the 2027 governorship election.
Nwifuru is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He spoke during a stakeholders’ rally in Abakaliki, the state capital, threatening: “We’ve all it takes to consume, destroy you.
“Some people are going around and saying that they discussed with President Tinubu and that the president has given Ebonyi to PDP.

“They said Nyesom Wike is their leader and that Wike said the president has given Ebonyi to him. And we say to them, ‘eeyaah’!
The governor vowed to frustrate the move and threatened to deal with Wike or anybody involved in the alleged plot, stressing that Ebonyi is not for sale.
“Now, I want to say this as your governor: We are not afraid. We only hold ourselves because our people are with us.
“Nobody should push us because we have all it takes to consume whoever is trying us; we have all it takes to destroy whoever is trying us,” he said, apparently referring to Wike and his allies.
“We’re sending a message to them directly or indirectly that we’re members of the All Progressives Congress and that’s where Ebonyi people belong.
“And whoever is trying our resolve, the outcome will be very funny for him”.