Fayemi Throws Weight Behind Wike Over Mosque Demolition Altercation
The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode
Fayemi, has thrown his weight behind Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over the alleged demolition of a
mosque in Port Harcourt.
The chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Sunday after
visiting the site in the dispute
said he could not see any evidence that Wike demolished any mosque in the city.
Fayemi stated following the inspection, “With what I’ve seen,
I cannot see any evidence of any
building that has been demolished here.
“If you (Wike) are somebody who wants a place of
worship, you should find a way to
oblige them. I know within your capacity, it’ll be possible to find a place for them.
“From what I’ve seen here, I think it is a storm in a
teacup. There is nothing to warrant
this kind of media hype that has been given to it,” Fayemi said.
Wike, who conducted Fayemi around the disputed site, stated:
“I want to thank the chairman of
my forum for at least coming to see things for himself. He called me while he was away and I told
him, you know
that I can’t do something like that and he said okay when he
comes back, he is coming to see me
and he has fulfilled that promise.
“That shows leadership, and from what he has seen, there
was no mosque. There is no way
I’ll see a mosque and order the Ministry of Urban Development to go and demolish a mosque.
“Assuming that there is even a mosque and that government
doesn’t want it at that location,
we’ll invite them and say look, we don’t want a mosque there, can we find you an alternative place?
“But there was no mosque. I don’t know why people should
make politics out of the issue.
It’s not important,” Wike explained.
