IT is a common saying among Nigerian politicians that: “Power comes from God.” Even when the elections are brazenly rigged and emotionally traumatizing, they would say without any sense of remorse that power comes from God. And so it has been that since 1999, God has been freely donating power to politicians in our country, particularly in Rivers State.
For many years, this democratic aberration was frontloaded as an agreement between them and God to give power to whoever He has chosen. It has been a precedent that has not been amended until now. Dr. Peter Odili enjoyed the privilege of being the leader of the PDP as governor in Rivers State for eight years. God actually gave power to Chibuike Amaechi in 2007. Pitiably, the same proponents of power come from God, plotted to ambush Ameachi’s divine ordination.
Interestingly, that was the power Amaechi brandished and celebrated at the Rivers State Government House between 2007 and 2015. Because there was an established political agreement, that without God nobody inherits power in Rivers State, Amaechi could not make Dakuku Peterside governor after him. So, as the people waited on God, Chief Nyesom Wike suddenly became governor. For no one living in Rivers State around 2015 can forget in a hurry the celebration that power comes from God.
God blessed people through people, and because he used one or two persons to give Fubara power is not an exceptional case. There is no single politician in Nigeria who becomes anything – president, governor or local government chairman without enjoying the support of one or two political gladiators within and outside their party.