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Call Wike To Order, Clark Tells Tinubu


The Leader of Ijaw Nation and National Leader of South-South and Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to prevail on the former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, to immediately stop meddling in the affairs of the Governor Siminalayi Fubara-led Rivers State Government, and focus on delivering on his mandate as minister of the Federal Republic.

Clark reminded Tinubu that it would be unfair and unjust for Wike to continue to dictate for and control the decisions and actions of the state governor, even after having served for eight years in the same position and moved on to Abuja.

He condemned, in its entirety, the manipulation and conspiracy with some members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to concoct, fabricate and orchestrate an impeachment procedure against Fubara, for the mere reason that the governor has decided to take responsibility and be accountable to Rivers people and electorate, on whose mandate he was elected. 

The former national commissioner of information said these in a press briefing on the political crisis brewing in Rivers State, and purported attempt by loyalists of Wike in the Assembly to suspend Rt Hon Edison Ehie as leader of the House, in order to them fast-track a kangaroo impeachment of the governor.

The text of the briefing read in full:


Press Briefing on the Situation in Rivers State by Chief E. K. Clark, OFR, CON

CALL FCT MINISTER, NYESOM WIKE, SECURITY AGENCIES IN RIVERS STATE TO ORDER, CHIEF E.K. CLARK TELLS PRESIDENT TINUBU 

30th October 2023.

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.

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.

A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE!


Signed:

Chief E. K. Clark, OFR, CON

National Leader, South-South/PANDEF.

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