According to Punch, Elder statesman and National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, questioned the feasibility of reconciling two conflicting individuals.
He went further likening their relationship to that of a divorced couple and their housekeeper or a father and son.
He stated that outsiders would not accept this situation and attributed the problem to Wike's belief in his dominance over political structures in Rivers State.
He argued that these structures have existed through numerous governors and do not belong to any one individual.
He emphasized Wike's relatively brief tenure in Rivers State, noting that he was not born when the state was established.
Edwin Clark said, "How do you bring them together? One man says I have divorced. But you are my house help. There is no way. You are my son. There is no way any outsider can accept him. This is because Wike does not see anything wrong with him. He believes that he is still controlling the structures in Rivers State whereas those structures have been there from governor to governor."