By Olusegun Olanrewaju
There was a celebration galore in Abia State yesterday as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, commissioned the first interchange bridge in Aba.

According to the Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, the Okezuo Abia flyover along the Aba-Enugu expressway is one of the signature projects of his administration, one of the projects conceived to improve the lot of Abians since its creation on August 27, 1991.

Performing the commissioning, Wike lauded the effort of the Ikpeazu administration, pointing out the futility of efforts by those he said were attempting to break his rank and create disunity among party members.

He commended Ikpeazu for changing the narrative of governance in Abia State and working to better the socioeconomic situation for the people of the state.

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Wike noted that because the Abia State governor had submitted himself to God, whatever he does would continue to prosper.

At the commissioning, Governor Ikpeazu noted, “People were spending two/three hours at this junction trying to get into Aba, to get into the central market in the city, and we decided to respond to that problem by providing this flyover. I thank God that today, this project has become a reality.”

He added, “Our desire to construct this flyover at this point was borne out of our conviction that we will ease the movement of personnel and goods out and in of Aba, being our commercial nerve centre in Abia State.

Speaking on party issues, Wike maintained that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors working with him are only demanding that the right things should be done in the party and agreement is reached and respected.

“When I read on the pages of newspapers, they say some people are making attempts to break my rank. I say to myself that they don’t understand the modus operandi of what we are doing.

“If they understand the modus operandi of what we are doing, they won’t waste their time. If you like to go and meet Ikpeazu, if you like to go and meet Seyi (Makinde), if you like to go and meet Ortom (Samuel), and if you like to go and meet Ugwuanyi (Ifeanyi), I pity them. People think that relationships can be bought with money.”

Wike asserted that no propaganda can weaken his political capacity to deliver a win for whoever Rivers State decides to support with votes in the 2023 general election.

“Look, nobody should bother about any abuse on me. I’m too much for it. I don’t even know when I’m abused. If they like, let them put everything on social media and abuse me, at the end, we will know who is relevant or not at the appropriate time.

“Politics is not to go on the pages of newspapers. Politics is not to go and buy slots on television and speak. It is who will deliver at the appropriate time. That is what is key. If you like to abuse me from now until tomorrow, it’s your business.

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“What is important is when the time comes we will know. When the jungle matures, we will know those who can stand the crisis. We will know those who can say this is where our State will go. Ikpeazu is one of those governors who have the capacity and will decide where the people of Abia State will go.”

The governor emphasised that the governors who some forces in PDP are fighting against are the ones who are projecting the party and have consolidated the goodwill of the electorate that will translate to electoral fortune.

“Look at what they said, they said your governor (Abia State) is a boy. They said Wike is a boy, Seyi is a boy, Ortom is a boy, and Ugwuanyi is a boy. But see what the boys are doing. Tell them that as men, they should show us what they have done.

“Because we say look, an agreement is agreement. You told me you will do this, now it’s time for you to do it, you don’t want to do it. Is it good?

“Now, what’s the problem, we say, my brother, you have shared and given to Atiku; you shared and given Okowa, you shared and given Saraki, which one have you given to Ikpeazu?

“What Ikpeazu and co are saying is that when you are sharing the Senate President to so and so person, which one have you given to Abia?”