Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike says he is too significant for anyone to fight him, emphasizing that his potential political enemies cannot challenge him.

The former Governor of Rivers State made the statement amidst reports that Ijaw people were against him in the ongoing political crisis involving Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.

Speaking at a civic reception organized in his honor by the Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress in Port Harcourt, he stated that the Ijaw nation is fully supporting him.

He mentioned that he chose Governor Siminalayi Fubara as his successor against the wishes of some Ijaw people in 2023.

His words: “It is not true that Ijaw people are fighting me. A father may have 12 children, one can be an armed robber. These people who are going to television to attack me, where were they when we made an Ijaw governor? Nobody is fighting me. I am too big for anybody to fight. All these people put together cannot fight me.

“I told them if you put your hand in Rivers State matter, fire will burn you. Today, they are crying everywhere. Instead of concentrating on how to win elections in their states, they were busy having meetings in Enugu and Taraba states. Who is losing now?”

He warned politicians outside the state to stay out of the Rivers State politics, noting that “Rivers state is very special to me”. Wike alleged that before the civic reception, some boys were sent to bomb the venue of the event at Rainbow Town.

“They sent some boys to come and bomb this place with dynamite. They were arrested by the police. You are encouraging crime in Rivers State. Nobody has a monopoly on violence. We cannot turn investors away from our state through violence.

”I initiated the ring road project. Today, they are going about bragging that they started it. Go to Abuja, I am repeating what I did in Rivers State,” he added.