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Rivers Political Crisis: Call FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, Security Agencies in Rivers State To Order Ijaw Leader Chief Edwin Clark tells President Tinubu

By Suoyo Ekubo 

Following the recent political unrest in Rivers State, the national leader south/south of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) Chief Edwin Clark has tasked President Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and some Security Agencies in the State to order.

Recall Eveafrique reported that, suspected arsonists threw explosives into the Rivers State House of Assembly complex on Sunday night around 9:25pm, causing fire outbreak in the building. It was reported that the incident was politically motivated amid moves by some lawmakers to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

Meanwhile, Governor Fubara, foiled attempts of some compromised police officers who shot at him whilst he was on a visit to assess the extent of damages done as aftermath of the fire outbreak caused by the explosives thrown into chambers of the State House of Assembly complex on Monday morning.

Currently Four lawmakers in the State House of Assembly have now signed an impeachment notice against Governor Fubara and Ehie Edison removed as majority leader.

However, the foremost Ijaw Leader Chief Edwin Clark in a statement made available to newsmen said, President Bola Tinubu must call Nyesom Wike and the security agencies in Rivers State to order, to avert any untold crisis in Rivers State.

In his words, “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!

“Last night, the hallowed chamber of the Rivers State House of Assembly was burnt, in what apparently is part of the plot to destabilize the State.

“The Governor was tear-gassed and was even threatened with being shot at when he visited the Assembly Complex after the incident, 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.

“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.

“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,” Chief Edwin Clark stated.

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