The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has told Niger Delta ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, that the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has not apologised to him for forgiveness.
Wike said this following the position of Tompolo that the former governor of Rivers State should forgive Fubara over their face-off.
Responding through his Senior Special Assistant on Communication and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, the Minister said for there to be forgiveness, the person who did a wrong must first acknowledge it.
Olayinka said: “There is no offence.
“It is when somebody has offended you personally that you are talking about the person seeking forgiveness or whatever.
“As Christians, let’s now assume that Fubara has offended the minister, do you forgive someone who has not come to you to seek forgiveness?
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“The person who has wronged you must first agree that in his mind he has wronged you.
“Let’s assume that Fubara has offended the minister, has he come to seek forgiveness?
“I’m not saying there is an offence and there should be forgiveness but he has not even come for forgiveness.
“The minister has never said that Fubara offended him personally.
“He only said that Fubara should govern in accordance with the rule of law and that Fubara should not throw away those who risked their lives and resources and that is not too much to ask.
“He said: ‘Those who worked to make you governor, don’t throw them away like that.’
“So, that is not about forgiveness.
“If there is one person Fubara would say he has offended, it should be the President.
“He is the one to go for soul-searching because throughout the time he was working with this same Wike, throughout the time Wike was facing the bullet for him, Wike was not a bad person then.
“So, at what point did Wike become a bad person to him?
“He should ask himself.
“When did Wike become somebody that Fubara would be so bold, telling him that he would deal with him?
“At what point? He should ask himself questions like this.
“You are begging a doctor to provide medicine for someone that is sick, but you are not begging the person that is sick to take the medicine.
“What happens?”
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