Gov. Fubara Threatens Pro-Wike Lawmakers in Rivers
Embattled Rivers State Governor Simi Fubara has openly threatened to sack the state lawmakers who are loyal to the former governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike.
The rift between the two politicians is rather becoming deeper and there doesn’t seem to be an immediate end to the lingering political wranglings.
Mr. Fubara said that he’s still acting as a “big brother” to the lawmakers now even though he has state power which he can wield to achieve his objectives.
He said, “Those groups of men who claim that our assembly members are not Assembly members, they are not existing. I want it to be on record. I accepted that Peace Accord to give them a floating. That is the truth. There was nothing in that peace accord that’s a constitutional issue; it’s a political solution to a problem. And I accepted it because these were people that were eating in my house, these were people I have helped paid their children’s school fees when I wasn’t even a governor. So, what is the thing there?
“We might have our division but I believe that one day, we could also come together but it has gotten to a time when I have to make a statement that they are not existing. Their existence is me allowing them to exist. If I de-recognise them, they are nowhere. I want you to see the sacrifice I have made in allowing peace to reign in our state.”
Mr. Fubara told the delegation from Bayelsa State that some of his commissioners are sabotaging his efforts to develop the state. He said that they were loyal to Nyesom Wike even though he appointed them.
Recently, the state governor reshuffled the cabinet and it affected Professor Zacchaues Adangor who has now resigned his appointment.
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