Wike has no respect for elders, says Wabara
By Jeffrey Agbo
Ex-Senate President Adolphus Wabara has said that the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike does not have respect for elders and would not join issues with him.
Wike, while responding to a question on the leadership crisis rocking PDP, said over the weekend during an interview on television that he would have disowned Wabara if the latter were his father.
“It’s unfortunate they have a man they said is a former Senate President,” said Wike.
“If that man was my father, I would have disowned him. If he was my father or related to me, I would have disowned him.
“He doesn’t qualify to be. No wonder President Olusegun Obasanjo made a presidential broadcast under his tenure about corruption. That’s the man leading PDP BoT.”
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In reaction, Wabara told NAN on Monday that as an elder statesman it would be wrong for him to trade words with Wike.
He said that he expected the FCT minister to refrain from unguarded utterances, at least as a mark of respect for the position he occupies.
Wabara, who is the chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, added: “I will expect a man of his (Wike) calibre and status to mind his language and words.
“He should be sure of his facts, but I don’t want to join issues with Wike and dignify him.
“Frankly for a son to disown his father, his father must have wronged him terribly. Can Wike please tell the world what it is I did wrong to him?
“Talking about corruption, Nigerians know those who are corrupt, and I can proudly say and beat my chest that I’m not one of them.
“I, Adolphus Wabara, I’m not corrupt and won’t be joining issues with people who have no respect for elders.”
