Some persons making Guinness Book of Records are pretenders, says Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, lamented individuals whom he described as notorious pretenders striving to achieve recognition in the Guinness Book of Records.
He spoke at the 60th birthday celebration of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), south-south, Chief Victor Giadom, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, at the weekend.
Wike at the event, which attracted leaders across party lines, said Victor was not a pretender and was not fashioned like some persons, who failed to reveal their true identities as snakes.
The former Rivers Governor said: “Even though we were of different parties, Victor had never gone on television to abuse any of his friends. He doesn’t allow politics to be a wedge between him and his friends. He plays politics and still remains with you.
“Victor is someone, who will tell you he will be with you and he will be with you. Victor is not a pretender. He is not one of those who have made the Guinness Book of Records as pretenders. There are those, who had made the Guinness Book of Records by pretending. Nobody knew that they were snakes.
“Victor could tell you I will not do this and he will not do it. He will tell you I will do this and he will do it. I know his children and his wife. He has been my good friend and I like to associate with people who remember tomorrow. I like who will not forget when things were not good to them. Victor is not somebody who gives excuses”.
Wike insisted that since his days as Obio-Akpor Local Government Chairman, he had known Victor as a grateful person.
He said: “Victor is not an ungrateful person. He is not an ingrate. He remembers those who stood by him and who will stand by him. When I was Chief of Staff, Victor became the chairman of Gokana Local Government. He left us and went to the other side.
“Unfortunately for him since he left us he had not won any election again. It is on record since 2015, Victor had not won any election. But because he came to us again in 2023, he now won an election. Victor remembers his friends. I thank God Almighty for what he has done for his family”.
Wike emphasized that he remained a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite that his lawmakers in the state had joined the APC.
He said as a PDP member, he had defeated Victor many times in elections, but said their political differences would not stop him from identifying with the APC chairman.
In his remarks, the Vice-President, Kassim Shettima, who was represented at the event by Dr. Kingsley Uzoma, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusiness and Productivity Enhancement, Office of the vice-president, commended Wike and others, who worked in Rivers to give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu victory in the last election.
