{"id":134319,"date":"2024-10-15T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T11:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-crisis-call-wike-to-order-inc-urges-tinubu"},"modified":"2024-10-15T13:14:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:14:06","slug":"rivers-crisis-call-wike-to-order-inc-urges-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-crisis-call-wike-to-order-inc-urges-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"Rivers crisis: Call Wike to order \u2013 INC urges Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ijaw National Congress (INC) worldwide has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over lingering crises in Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Benjamin Okaba, President, INC, made the appeal at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Wike and Gov. Siminialayi Fubara are at loggerheads over the control of political machinery in the oil-rich state.<\/p>\n<p>Okaba said INC was concerned that if left unchecked the political crisis could affect other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Mr 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is for the sake of peace and security in Nigeria. Stop this drift towards national disintegration and anarchy now\u2019\u2019, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Okaba alleged that Wike\u2019s power tussle with Fubara might not be unconnected with the minister\u2019s desire to enhance Tinubu\u2019s electoral fortunes in the next general polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019We understand the dictates of politics and the need to harvest Rivers votes for the President\u2019s second tenure elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we misunderstand is the thought that only the FCT minister can assist the President to win Rivers\u2019\u2019, Okoba said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Fubara had been faithful to Tinubu\u2019s 8-point directive to both parties during the conflict resolution meeting held in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019In October 2023 you called stakeholders to a meeting and tabled an 8-point directive to all parties involved to return peace to Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Whereas many of our people considered your 8-Point directive as manifestly slanted against the governor\u2019s interest and in favour of the FCT minister, the governor acceded to it,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s Congress.<\/p>\n<p>On the just-held local government election in the state, Okaba said that while Fubara obeyed Supreme Court order that Local Government Areas in Nigeria must be administered by elected officers, without which funds must be withheld.<\/p>\n<p>He said Fubara worked assiduous to actualise the return of elected officers to the local government areas in accordance with Tinubu\u2019s desires and backed by the Supreme Court judgement.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that Fubara holds permanent olive branches, sending constant peace emissaries to the FCT minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019So again we appeal to Mr President to call the FCT minister to order as a stitch in time, they say saves nine,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Ijaw National Congress (INC) worldwide has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over lingering crises in Rivers. Prof Benjamin Okaba, President, INC, made the appeal at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Wike and Gov. 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