Chief Edwin Clarke, a prominent leader in the Niger Delta who heads the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has urged President Bola Tinubu to caution his Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, about alleged involvement in a scheme to impeach the current Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
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On Monday, the Rivers State House of Assembly removed Edison Ehie, a majority leader believed to be loyal to Fubara, who had reportedly caused an obstruction to the impeachment proceedings against the governor.
In response, Fubara and his supporters arrived at the assembly building, flanked by security forces, to disrupt the potential impeachment move.
Subsequently, Ehie was elected Speaker of the house, and he suspended several assembly members.
Clark in a press statement on Monday said 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.
According to him, Nigeria is in a democracy and the tenets of constitutional democracy must be upheld by all Rivers people who have suffered enough political crises.
“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, Siminalayi 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”, he said.
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