Wike: ‘Fubara Should Have Known He Had No Leverage’ – Sam Amadi

Sam Amadi, former chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC), has said Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, should have known he had no leverage in the fight with his political opponents and godfather cum Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Amadi made the remark on Monday in a post via his 𝕏 handle after the All Progressives Congress (APC) screened out Fubara’s loyalists in the coming 2027 elections in favour of Wike’s allies.

It was reported that all the 32 aspirants that Fubara sponsored failed to scale the APC’s screening committee for the 2027 Rivers State Assembly election.

The four-man committee also cleared 29 serving members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who are loyal to Wike, led by Deputy Speaker Dumle Maol, to take part in the APC primaries.

Commenting on the recent development, Amadi said Fubara lacked the political muscle to confront his opponents.

He said Fubara should not have fought with Wike, adding that every fight is principled.

He wrote: “Sad. Fubara should have known he was without leverage. What his opponent does in the political economy of election rigging, he cannot.

“Sometimes it’s good to fight even if you can’t win. To fight as a dignified person is reward enough.

Fubara should not have fought his mentor by the way is there is no real reason to fight. Every fight has to be a principled fight and not an opportunistic one. If it be principled, then you can sustain it even if you will bloodied.”