A two-time commissioner under the Governor of Rivers State, Nyezom Wike, Dr. John Bazia, has attacked his former boss, saying he talks like a baby.
In an interview with the Vanguard newspaper, Bazia said, “ I believe as humans, you must grow. Maybe the Governor has refused to grow because he’s still talking like a baby. As a governor, that office comes with authority and responsibility. It comes with carriage in the way you talk. You don’t talk carelessly.”
He added, “Even if you are a baby, once you are a governor, you now know you have a high responsibility. It’s a position of honour. It is not for touts and the governor talks like a tout. How can a governor talk like a tout? Talking carelessly, and petty?
Reacting to reports that the governor called him a thief, he said, “The question should be why does the governor call anyone who leaves him a thief? He didn’t just call me a thief. He called Hon Michahel West a thief too. He said West was busy channeling government money into his personal accounts, but the much I know about West was that he repaired the lift and did things in his office block, with his personal money. While the Governor was talking he didn’t commend that man’s efforts. His thank you was he is a thief. So for as long as you are with him, you are not a thief. The minute you disagree with him politically, then you are a thief.