The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has sounded an alarm, accusing Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike of endangering Rivers State with the potential for anarchy.
The INC is urging Bola Tinubu to intervene and halt Wike’s alleged moves aimed at ousting Rivers State Governor Siminialayi Fubara.
The organization condemned what it labeled as open support by security agencies for the Martins Amaewhule-led faction of state lawmakers loyal to Wike. This faction reportedly received protection to hold a sitting against a court order, which required all parties to maintain the status quo until further notice.
In a statement on Monday by INC president, Prof Benjamin Okaba, he disclosed that he was curious that despite previous interventions of Tinubu and other critical stakeholders, Wike was bent on ensuring the impeachment of Fubara.
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He stated, “Mr President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, we implore you once again to call Mr Wike and those Federal Government agencies and agents who are putting Rivers State at risk of anarchy, to order. Such elements are inimical to the stability of Nigeria sooner or later.
“Mr Wike has also featured on several network TV stations where he made very provocative statements and scandalous claims against Governor Fubara; accusing the governor of attempting to ‘take over’ his ‘structure’, openly taunting him as an ingrate who is lacking in integrity as well as asserting without investigation that the governor masterminded the burning down of the hallowed chamber of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“Is Mr Wike at liberty to make scandalous, libellous and inciting comments without fear of sanction from the security agencies or even Mr President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu?
“Is Wike the C-in-C of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, such that those on national assignments in Rivers State now act according to his whims and caprices or those he supports, in the push to impeach or make Rivers State ungovernable for His Excellency Governor Siminialayi Fubara, as he publicly boasted? As we glean from history, can law-abiding citizens suffer such intolerable lawlessness orchestrated by one man, indefinitely?
“We, therefore, submit to Mr President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that Ijaw National Congress Worldwide, its affiliate bodies, substructures and activists are direly concerned by the impunity and indecorous conduct by a Minister of the Federal Government and the apparent connivance of those who ought to curb his excesses.”
The socio-cultural organization commended Governor Fubara for maintaining a calm and mature disposition despite insults and provocations from the FCT minister, stating that, “such conduct is unbecoming of a civilised leader and statesman.”
It also praised the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers and other stakeholders for prioritizing the state’s interest above other considerations.