In honor of Wike, who is being given a lavish reception by the Ijaw stakeholders under the auspices of NEW, billboards were placed at the intersection leading to Abalama.
The reception takes place as Kalabari residents and traditional leaders protest an IYC Eastern zone meeting that was planned for the same location.
To prevent the Minister from entering the community, hundreds of women wearing black clothing and white scarves blocked the road to Abalama early on Saturday morning.
Additionally, the irate women demolished billboards featuring the Minister’s images.
The protesters were armed with placards bearing inscriptions such as “Kalabari take your stand now!”, “Wike, what do you want in Kalabari land?”
Security guards who escorted the FCT Minister to the reception location in Abalama later sent the demonstrators away.
The Minister is being given a lavish reception by the Ijaw stakeholders.
Chiefs, leaders, women, and young people were thrilled that Wike, whom he referred to as a friend of the kingdom, was coming to Kalabari, according to Dr. Enemi Alabo George, chairman of the grand reception’s publicity committee.
According to George, the occasion was planned in Abalama Town as a grand civic reception and Thanksgiving service in recognition of the former governor’s devotion to the Kalabari Kingdom.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara, an Ijaw native, and Wike are currently engaged in a protracted conflict.
