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….Says Gov Fubara Is Wike’s investment
ABUJA – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday took Governor Siminalayi Fubara to task over the local government allocation.
The Party, which said that blackmailing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike and judiciary will not help Fubara, added that the governor is Wike’s investment.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the Chairman of Rivers State chapter of the APC, Tony Okocha also disclosed that Wike lifted Fubara from political obscurity.
Narrating developments in Rivers State between Governor Fubara, the APC and the suspended lawmakers, Okocha said, “Wike brought Fubara to where he’s today. He lifted him from obscurity to political crescendo. Nobody is suffocating anybody. The fight in Rivers State is between Sim Fubara and Sim Fubara.
He said that the political crisis in Rivers would’ve ended since if Fubara had obeyed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s intervention.
Okocha, who told Fubara that sentiments can never trump facts in the face of the law, said Fubara’s attempt at blackmail will not save his sinking political career.
Okocha said that the only way out for Fubara is for him to obey the law of the land, including the law regarding budget of a state, adding, “Sections 120, 121, 122 speak to this issue regarding budget clearly.
“As a political party, the All Progressives Congress, we stand with and by the judgment of the court because it is what will hold sway in the civil society, it is the court, not one man morality.
“We are also using this opportunity to speak against attempts to disparage innocent persons namely; Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister. In all the cases in court, there are about 32 cases in which he is not a party to any. Why bring in the President?”
The APC Caretaker Committee Chairman noted that the move by elders to intervene in Rivers crisis is already late, adding that the only other hurdle to escape is the Supreme Court.
“I say it is foolishness for anyone to cry when the head is off. There is also this aphorism, that you don’t cry over a spilled milk.
“Where have these elders been? Where? The matter is narrowing down, if you ask me; because the only other hurdle to escape is the Supreme Court.
“What are the elders coming to do at this late hour, if they actually would want to come? What are they coming to do? They are the same people who told the governor, that you are a know-all and do-all, they encouraged the governor to believe that his head was bigger than his pillow.
“They were the ones, they told him, look, your powers are elastic, what can you not do? And the governor agreed to that and today, the Ikwerre man tells you that not everybody that comes to plan your building will be part of the building.
“”No. A lot of them have disappeared into thin air. At the time, they came to counsel the governor against the decision that he signed to. And the governor is on the hot seat. So to say to you that I don’t see that working is way, way too late.
“But I wish. We want peace, Simple thing. See, the only way to bring peace is to follow the law,” he said.
