The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has said that he would not apologise to a former governor of the state, Peter Odili as he did not offend the former governor.

He said that the elders of his party told him to apologise the the former governor which he has refused to do.

He said, “They said elders said I should apologise for what?

“I said that I heard and read that somebody who should be our elder statesman said this thing today and said a different thing tomorrow and I said no.

“No elder statesman should say that and the elder statesman didn’t say I didn’t say so. If he had said he didn’t say that I would have apologised. But he didn’t deny the statement.

“I didn’t abuse anybody. I said our elder statesman told people about the kind of mansion and castle I built for him. I didn’t say I say so. It is not me who said it. The man who is supposed to be an elder statesman said so. You are the one going about telling people what I did.

“Based on the documentary you have watched; is there anywhere they said my family this or that. So where did I want to convert Rivers State to my personal estate?

“When my father is doing something wrong, should I not say papa this is not what you said yesterday. Is that to make him cry? I ran for election for local government in 1999, and since then till now I have never lost an election. Nobody whom I supported has ever lost an election.”

Odili earlier this week alleged that Wike was turning Rivers State to his personal estate.
The former governor said only Governor Siminalayi Fubara could stop Wike from his plans to wreck Rivers State.