An elder statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike to order in respect of the political crisis rocking Rivers State.
The latter has been thrown into crisis bred by move by a faction of the State of House Assembly members loyal to Wike to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Clark in a statement on Monday shared his views on the issue, calling on Tinubu to wade in.
“I have been greatly disturbed by the reported developments in Rivers State in the last 24 hours. I have been reliably informed that there is a plot to unlawfully remove the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Siminalaye Fubara, who has spent only about 5 months in office.
“I understand the sad episode is being orchestrated by the immediate past Governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike. And that the intention is to remove the Governor, force his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu to resign, and install the Speaker of the House of Assembly, another Ikwerre person as the governor of the state.
“Let me warn strongly, we won’t allow that to happen. President Bola Tinubu must call Nyesom Wike and the security agencies in Rivers State to order, to avert any untold crisis in Rivers State.
“The consequences would be dire for the stability of the region and the national economy. What has Governor Fubara done wrong? Refusing to be further ‘remote controlled?’ Mr. Nyesom Wike was governor for 8 years, nobody hassled him. He governed Rivers State like an emperor, he did not show any iota of respect and regard to anyone, not even those who imposed him on Rivers people in 2015,” the elder statesman wrote.
