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Mr Wike, now FCT Minister, last week stunned some Nigerians when he said he does not have a good relationship with Mr Odili, whom he had repeatedly hailed and credited his emergence as governor of the state to. Although Mr Wike declined to disclose the reason for the frosty relationship, a former Commissioner for Water Resources in the state, David Briggs, said Mr Wike was angry with Mr Odili for refusing to support the impeachment plot against Governor Siminalayi Fubara by pro-Wike lawmakers.For the second time in less than a year in office, aides of Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State have accused his predecessor, Ben Ayade of mismanaging state resources.

The criticism came months after Governor Otu’s spokesperson, Emmanuel Ogbeche had said the governor inherited a run-down state where approvals were given on WhatsApp messages.itself on the recovery of arms and ammunition reportedly snatched from soldiers murdered while on peacekeeping mission in Okuama community in Delta State.

But the Chief of Civil-Military Affairs of the army, Nosakhare Ugbo, on Wednesday, said that the army had recovered some arms and ammunition snatched from the slain soldiers, contradicting the one earlier made by the Chief of Defence Staff.the position of the Peoples Democratic Party on the extension given to state executive committee members of the party in states where their tenure has expired.

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