The group appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over lingering crises, according to a statement by Prof Benjamin Okaba, President, INC, at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) worldwide has stated that the political crisis in Rivers State could affect other parts of the country, if left unchecked.
The group appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over lingering crises, according to a statement by Prof Benjamin Okaba, President, INC, at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
It explained that Wike’s power tussle with Fubara might not be unconnected with the minister’s desire to enhance Tinubu’s electoral fortunes in the next general polls.
‘’Mr President, sir, as the father of the nation, the alter ego of Nigeria, we are fervently appealing to you to call the FCT Minister to order.
“This is for the sake of peace and security in Nigeria. Stop this drift towards national disintegration and anarchy now.
‘’We understand the dictates of politics and the need to harvest Rivers votes for the President’s second tenure elections.
“What we misunderstand is the thought that only the FCT minister can assist the President to win Rivers’’, Okoba said.
He said Fubara had been faithful to Tinubu’s 8-point directive to both parties during the conflict resolution meeting held in Abuja.
‘’In October 2023 you called stakeholders to a meeting and tabled an 8-point directive to all parties involved to return peace to Rivers.
‘’Whereas many of our people considered your 8-Point directive as manifestly slanted against the governor’s interest and in favour of the FCT minister, the governor acceded to it,’’ he said.
Okaba said that while governor acted in good faith with respect to the directive, the minister acted otherwise by refusing to withdraw the court cases instituted by him.
He added that less than three weeks after the presidential directives, Martins Amaewhule led 25 members the Rivers House of Assembly to defect to the opposition All People’s Congress.