The crisis between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged political godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesome Wike, has assumed a new dimension, as Ogoni people have threatened to occupy the streets of Abuja
Speaking under the aegis of Ogoni Development Drive (ODD), they asked President Bola Tinubu to call his FCT Minister to order, failing which they would make the nation’s capital ungovernable.
In a statement on Monday signed by Convener of ODD, Solomon Lenu, and made available to The Guardian, it said it had uncovered plans by Wike and the expelled state assembly members to continuously raise political tension against the Governor and people of the state.
He lamented that the development is already scaring away investors from the state.
“We want to use this medium to inform the Inspector General (IGP) and Nigerian public that, should Chief E.N Wike, and the expelled former Assembly Members be allowed to continue to cause tension that impedes peaceful governance, which is creating a false atmosphere of crisis, and keeping investors away from our state to the detriment of our teeming youths who are searching for employment opportunities, ODD will massively mobilize the people of Rivers State to occupy the streets of Abuja.
“Rivers State cannot be reduced to a theatre of political war, while the Minister thrives in Abuja.
“We therefore call on the Presidency to rein in Chief Wike, so that we can have a peaceful atmosphere for governance in Rivers State as it is in other states in Nigeria. We say NO to anti-Rivers people agenda by the Minister.”
