River crisis: Wike gives Fubara condition for peace<\/p>\n
A former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has asked his successor Siminalayi Fubara to follow the rule of law for peace to reign in the state.<\/p>\n
Wike spoke on Tuesday when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s\u00a0Politics Today.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere is peace when you obey the rule of law. There is peace when you obey court judgements,\u201d the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said.<\/p>\n
Wike\u2019s comment came in the wake of the crisis in Rivers State.<\/p>\n
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The state has made headlines in recent months owing to a feud between Wike and Fubara. That dispute escalated some days back in the lead-up and aftermath of the local government elections in the state.<\/p>\n
A court verdict had mandated the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) not to provide security for the election. It also asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to release the voter register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the exercise.<\/p>\n
But the Fubara-led government insisted on the local government election and conducted same on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The chairpersons and councillors were sworn in on Monday but that triggered another wave of violence in the state. Three local government council secretariats were set ablaze and properties were destroyed.<\/p>\n
Fubara has since vowed to fish out the masterminds of the attacks and on Tuesday set up a panel to probe the incidents.<\/p>\n
However, Wike insisted that Fubara should follow the court verdict to bring peace to the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cObey court judgement, and allow the rule of law to prevail. If you don\u2019t obey the law, you are bringing anarchy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a governor, I have always obeyed the rule of law. You heard the governor say that our state is turning into a state of anarchy where people do not obey the rule of law.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cYou must obey the judgement of the court. You must not take the law into your own hands. The moment you don\u2019t obey court judgment, you are inviting anarchy, you are inviting violence,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n
Fubara Sponsored APP?<\/p>\n
While the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which is Fubara and Wike\u2019s party did not participate in the election, the Action Peoples Party (APP) clinched 22 out of the 23 chairmanship positions.<\/p>\n
Wike, however, believes Fubara sponsored the APP.<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday, people say \u2018Discipline Wike, he did anti-party\u2019. I did not do anti-party; I said we must stand for equity, fairness, and justice\u2019,\u201d he said while referencing his support of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election.<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday, what happened? The governor [Fubara] is the one who sponsored the APP. The chairman of the [PDP] governors\u2019 forum was the one who attended the swearing-in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
River crisis: Wike gives Fubara condition for peace A former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has asked his successor Siminalayi Fubara to follow the rule of law for peace to reign in the state. Wike spoke on Tuesday when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s\u00a0Politics Today. \u201cThere is peace when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18,11],"tags":[82,750,39],"class_list":["post-144976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-news","category-politics","tag-fubara","tag-rivers","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"\n