…cautions Wike, Amaewhule
…Urges Tinubu to rein in the FCT minister.
“…The President must overlook his hope on Wike to rig elections for him in Rivers State and act on good conscience based on the moral obligation on him to address the avoidable, unrefined, embarrassing menace that is fuelling another round of political crisis, which in effect is grinding the wheel of progress in the governance of the state.” Eze noted… “
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described as an unfortunate string of political misadventures the serial attempts by the Rivers State House of Assembly, engineered by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to impeach the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, for the mere reason that he refused to open up channels for the FCT Minister to have access to the finances of the state.
Reacting to the development in a statement he made available to the media, Eze said the shady chain of events that have followed the rift between the Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, is oddly distasteful. And when holistically considered in retrospect, the ugly situation is entirely avoidable, particularly had members of the Rivers State House of Assembly not allowed themselves to be used as tools for instability by the FCT Minister in the pursuit of his selfish, private vendettas.
This will make it the third time the Rivers State House of Assembly will be embarking on the checkered voyage of impeachment of the Governor, who has been in a long-drawn battle to sever the gang of kleptomaniacs led by the FCT Minister from the common patrimony of Rivers people.
Clearly speaking, the convergence of the Martins Amaewhule-led Assembly to impeach the Governor and his Deputy is clearly to serve one purpose, not because Sim has done anything wrong, but simply because that is what Wike wants. All actions of the Rivers State House of Assembly are scripted and sanctioned by Wike. He dictates to them what to do each time, including when to sit and the items to discuss during plenary. It is a typical example of an assembly of morons.
To me, the latest indulgence of the Rivers State House of Assembly is a declaration of war against the state and her people. It is Wike and his gang against the state and her people.
Given the slow pace of governance since the end of the emergency rule, one would have loved to see President Tinubu tilt his actions towards the people of Rivers State. But given that he depends so much on electoral manipulation, which is Wike’s stock in trade, he appears to be unbothered that his appointee is displaying with manifest impunity the level of madness we’re seeing in Rivers State.
Wike has insulted Rivers State and its people enough for the president to call him to order.
If the so-called Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Martin, wants to be governor, he should formally present himself for election in 2027 and not attempt to go through the back door, as he is bent on doing, as Wike has directed.
It is a shame that Wike would be going around abusing and threatening both the President and the leadership of the APC, and Tinubu is just watching him like a zombie. Tinubu has fetched an ant-infested firewood into the APC, and the result is fast becoming obvious.
“It is more urgent now than ever for President Tinubu to rein in the minister who, since late last year, has left his duty post in Abuja to embark on a fruitless, meaningless political voyage across local governments in Rivers State. An avenue he has since been using to constitute a gross nuisance, embarrassing the President, insulting and threatening the All Progressives Congress and its leadership and talking down on the Governor of Rivers State.
The President must overlook his hope for Wike to rig elections for him in Rivers State and act on good conscience based on the moral obligation on him to address the avoidable, unrefined, embarrassing menace that is fuelling another round of political crises, which in effect is grinding the wheel of progress in the governance of the state.” Eze noted
