Why Resolution on Wike-Fubara Feud is Unacceptable, Edwin Clark Speaks Out
- Chief Edwin Clark has declared that Ijaw people are prepared to face any consequences that may result in the political crisis in Rivers state
- The elder statesman stated that Ijaw people will resist any "attempt to make an elected Ijaw son, Siminialayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers state, a stooge to Nyesom Wike"
- Legit.ng reports that Wike is the current FCT minister who is feuding with his erstwhile mentee, Governor Siminalayi Fubara
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Port Harcourt, Rivers state - Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has condemned the terms of the resolution of the feud between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
As reported by The Nation on Tuesday, December 19, the elder statesman said the resolution is unacceptable, particularly to the Ijaw ethnic nationality.
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Clark frowns at anti-Fubara movement
Addressing the media on Tuesday, December 19, Clark said the eight-point resolution by the FG is undemocratic, dictatorial, and one-sided, aimed at handing over the political leadership of Rivers state to the former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike.
He said from the terms of the purported settlement, it is obvious that President Bola Tinubu used his role as a mediator, to once again, show gratitude to the FCT minister for “delivering” Rivers state to him during the last presidential election.
Clark, who had earlier commended the president for intervening in the Rivers issue, however, threatened to take legal action against the resolutions.
He said:
“I, Senator Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, as leader of the Ijaw nation, and as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), decided to hold this emergency press conference with the full authority of my people. We are prepared to face any consequences that may result in the political crisis in Rivers state.
“We will resist any attempt subtle, subterranean, covert, overt, to make an elected Ijaw son, Siminialayi Fubara, the Governor of Rivers state, a servant, a stooge to Nyesom Wike, who had boasted that any attempt by the Governor to touch his so-called ‘Wike’s structure’, with the connivance and support of President Bola Tinubu, will be resisted by us.
“Like I said, we will go to court to resist this oppressive action using all available constitutional and legal means. It is on this note I wish to appeal to the youths who are aggrieved, to remain calm, as we will use legal means to dethrone this hydra-headed monster, called oppression."
PDP rejects Tinubu's 8-point resolution
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the PDP reacted to President Bola Tinubu’s 8-point resolution between Governor Fubara and Wike.
Momodu blasts Tinubu
Legit.ng also reported that PDP chieftain, Dele Momodu, condemned President Tinubu's directives on the resolution of the Rivers state crisis.
Momodu, in a post on his Facebook page, argued that President Tinubu cannot preside over issues regarding both state and federal levels or internal wrangling regarding the opposition parties.
Shehu Sani explains Tinubu’s peace deal
In another related news, Legit.ng reported that former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has insisted that President Tinubu's intervention in the Rivers state political crisis is not in the best interest of Governor Fubara.
In a post shared on his X page (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, December 19, Sani maintained that the peace resolutions presented by Tinubu were against Fubara.
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