By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
Chief Edwin Clark, the South-South leader, has told President Bola Tinubu that Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration, is not ready for sustenance of peace in the political crisis rocking the state.
Clark, in a statement on Thursday, in Abuja, said that the continuous activities of Wike are clear indications that he is not ready for peace in Rivers State.
Tinubu intervened in the crisis when he issued an ‘8-point pact’ to both parties that the governor of Rivers State, Siminalaye Fubara and his allies should withdraw all court cases pertaining to the matter, which is against the 1999 Constitution and against popular opinion of Rivers people and indeed Nigerians, Governor Fubara and his associates, including the Speaker recognised by the court, Edison Ebie, have complied with the proclamation.
According to the statement, “The expectation is that the 26 decamped legislative members who had filed cases in court, would have also done same. But they refused, giving rise to the judgment delivered by Justice James Omotoso on January 22, 2024, stating amongst other things, the nullification of the 2024 Budget which was presented by Governor Fubara, passed and signed into law.”
Justice Omotoso, also said that he based his judgment on the fact that the legislatures said there was no evidence of settlement of the matter before him.
From the above, the statement further explained that it shows clearly that Governor Fubara, obeyed Mr. President and carried out his directives, in violation of the 1999 Constitution ‘for the sake of peace,’ except that which he is currently precluded from doing by the courts, adding that even though majority of Nigerians were not happy with the terms of the settlement.
It stated that having done all these against the Constitution which Fubara, as Governor of Rivers State swore to uphold, Nyesom Wike is not seen, wittingly or unwittingly, by his latent or otherwise conduct, advancing peace in Rivers State.
“Let the truth be told to President Tinubu, according Clark that Wike is not ready for any form of peace and called on the President, once again, to call him (Wike) to order to allow the elected Governor Fubara, whom he Wike claimed he made to govern Rivers State, peacefully,” he said.
He said that he did not anticipate that Mr. President would proclaim an 8-point agreement that appears to be one-sided and unconstitutional, when he appealed to him (President) to call Wike to order.
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