16/06/2026
In 2017, Wike dethroned one of our kings. Not for failing his people. He sent a message to Abua/Odual, your institutions, your traditions, your leaders, none of it is safe if you do not bow.
That moment told us everything we needed to know. But we kept giving. We kept supporting. We kept delivering.
In 2015, Prof. Henry Ogiri, one of our own, worked to deliver Abua/Odual for Wike. Mobilised. Organised. Gave everything politically so that Wike could become governor. Eight years later, Prof. Ogiri had received nothing. No appointment. No recognition. The abandonment was so complete that he eventually left PDP and joined the opposition. That is what our loyalty earned.
When President Buhari appointed Udi Odum, our son as minister, Wike stood up publicly and called it an insult to Rivers State. He questioned his qualifications. He humiliated a son of Abua/Odual on a national stage.
And on January 1, 2026, the current chairman stood before Minister Wike and declared 100% loyalty. Not to the people of Abua/Odual. To the same political structure that has treated us this way for a decade.
Let us be honest about something that is painful to say but necessary to say. The current set of leaders in Abua/Odual have failed us. Not partially. Completely. At every level, local government, state assembly, federal representation, the people holding these mandates have looked at our suffering and chosen their political survival over our lives.
This is the relationship Abua/Odual has had with power. We deliver. We support. We vote. They return to humiliate our sons, dethrone our kings, abandon our kingmakers and give us nothing.