The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has been accused of sponsoring the protesters who stormed Wike’s house in Port Harcourt.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance in the country, residents of Port Harcourt marched to the house of the immediate past Governor, Nyesom Wike, who is also the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The protesters were chanting solidarity songs and calling the Minister offensive words such as “Wike Ole” as they made their way through the streets of Wike’s residence, which was surrounded by police personnel.
Reacting to the incident, former local government chairmen in Rivers State stated that Fubara does not have the level of violence they possess, threatening to deploy their men to unleash attacks on Fubara’s properties.
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, appointed under Wike blamed Fubara for the incident, accusing him of sponsoring the protesters to storm the former Governor’s home.
Former Chairman of the Emuoha Local Government Area, Dr Chidi Lloyd, stated, “We are aware that he (Fubara) directed the protesters to go to the residence of the minister. We will also organise our people and go to Forces Avenue where he is building on a 32-plot of land.
“Enough is enough. Fubara does not have the capacity to cow anybody here. He knows it. And we know his properties and those of his cronies.
“All they have achieved has just been mountainous looting of Rivers funds. So he should be very careful. He wants to incite ethnic bigotry here. If what happened yesterday at Ada George repeats itself Fubara will not even be here to govern the state.
“We will not allow him to destroy all that we have achieved in this state just because he knows nothing about leadership. So, the protesters should gather in the government house and ask him what he has done with the N238bn he collected between May and June.”
Responding to the accusation, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, slammed the past chairmen saying they are drowning people looking for where to clutch a straw.
“If you ask me, they have finished their tenure and have gone by our own law. So, what they are doing is meddling in what does not concern them. They are like ordinary citizens.
“If there was anything I saw along the Ada George Road yesterday (Tuesday) I saw protesters who walked past the house of the FCT Minister and I saw a full presence of policemen. So, I don’t know what they are talking about.
“They are drowning people looking for where to clutch a straw. But if you ask me truly, the information I have is that they have been holding meetings. The one they held today is just the open one.
“They have been holding meetings being sponsored by former Ohio-Akpor Local Government Chairmen where they were charged to do everything to turn the protest into something that will culminate in a state of emergency.
“But all those attempts are the machinations of the wicked. The Bible has said that he disappointed the devices of the enemy so that they would not practice their enterprise.
“What they are doing is like the last kick of a dying horse. They are already gone and the court has pronounced them as such.”
