Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says he is not in support of the demolition of hotels by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.
Mr Wike, on Saturday, led the demolition of two hotels in Port Harcourt for flouting the lockdown order. The following day, he relaxed the lockdown for two days.
Mr Fani-Kayode, a member of the governor’s party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Tuesday on Twitter that he did not support the governor’s action, but that he could not be compared with President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I do not support Wike’s demolition of hotels but comparing him to Buhari in terms of tyranny is like comparing Little Red Riding Hood to the wolf,” he wrote.
“Buhari is evil whilst Wike, for the better part of the last 10 years, has risked his life fighting evil, tyranny and oppression.”
Following the outcry that greeted the demolition, Wike said in a Sunday night broadcast that he did not act outside the law.
He said: “Apart from using the facility (hotel) to jeopardise lives of citizens in violation of the extant law, the owner audaciously unleashed thugs led by Eleme LG Youth Leader of PDP and inflicted severe injuries on our task-force members who went to enforce the law against continued operation of the hotel.
“As we speak, nobody knows the fate of most of the victims of that brazen and deadly attack given the severity of head injuries they sustained.
“And so, we’ve done no wrong as all our actions were taken in good faith and justified by, under and within the purview of the Executive Orders, which have neither been challenged nor set aside by any competent court of law.”
