Traditional rulers and ex-militant leaders from the Niger Delta region under the aegis of Citizens for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (CSDND) have described the plot by some politicians to suspend the Majority Leader of the Rivers State Assembly, Hon. Edison Ehie, for refusing to sign an impeachment notice against the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as shameful and unwarranted.
The CSDND, in a statement to newsmen on Monday by its National Coordinator, Chief James Okpara, said It is also too early for political actors to engage in the show of strength and ego clash which has led to the fire outbreak at the State Assembly complex on Sunday night, destroying properties worth millions of Naira.
The group also condemned an alleged tear gas attack by some unknown policemen on the State Governor while on his way to assess the fire outbreak at the State Assembly complex, saying that the plot to destabilize the State House of Assembly and the Executive arm in a battle over power control is evil and should be widely condemned.
The statement read: “the suspected dynamite explosion at the State House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt,suspension of the Majority leader and impeachment notice against Gov. Fubura is an indication that those behind the attack are desperate and are enemies of the Rivers people.”
The group also called on Elders and Political leaders from the state, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyosome Wike, to rise to the occasion and intervene to put an immediate Stop to the crisis rocking the state.
The group further said, “It is wicked and embarrassing for the infrastructural and political achievements laid down by Minister Wike as a Governor to be rubbished by those targeting to destabilise the state.
“We call on progressive-minded individuals in Rivers state to prevail on members of the State House of Assembly to desist from the wicked plot to cause chaos in the State.
“We also want to put it on record that Former Gov. Wike fought for the state’s people, and the people believed in him. We want him to know that whatever the differences in opinion and ideology are, Wike and Gov. Fubura must reconcile these differences immediately and move the state forward in the interest of the people and the region.
“It is also of note that whatever is happening in Rivers State is a clear determining factor to the rising profile of Minister Nyosome Wike. The sky is the limit for Wike; therefore, he should not allow such minor political issues to drag him down. The people of the State and the Niger Delta region are looking up to him to do the right thing.
“No state has witnessed such chaos being planned so early in an administration, the the people of the state should stand behind their State Governor.”
. TheWitness
