Elder statesman and Ijaw national leader, Chief E. K. Clark, has expressed worry over the unfolding development in Rivers State, citing moves by the State’s Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara after barely five months in office.
Briefing newsmen today on the situation in Rivers, Clark fingered the immediate past Governor of the state and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, whom he accused of plotting to unseat the Governor, force his Deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu to resign so as to install the Speaker, an Ikwetre man, as Governor.
While sending a strong warning to Wike, the elder statesman urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call the former Governor and security agencies in Rivers State to order to avert any untold crisis in the state.
He noted that the hallowed chamber of the Rivers State House of Assembly was set ablaze last night as part of the plot to destabilize the state, while the Governor was tear-gassed and threatened with being shot at when he visited the Assembly complex to assess the level of damage.
“We are not in a barbaric state where people can do whatever they like; we are in a democracy and the tenets of constitutional democracy must be upheld by all.
“Rivers people have suffered enough political crises, the state should not be allowed to degenerate again into its dark past, and the Niger Delta region by extension. The consequences would be dire for the stability of the region and the national economy.
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“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.
“President Tinubu must act fast and avert the unfolding crisis in Rivers State in the interest of his administration, the nation’s democracy and the country at large”, E. K. Clark said.
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