The Ijaw National Congress Worldwide has urged the former Rivers State governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, to reconcile with the current governor, Mr. Siminialayi Fubara, emphasizing the importance of peace and progress for the state.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the ongoing political tensions, particularly between Fubara and his predecessor, the INC asserted its commitment to truth and good governance in the state.
In a statement by the group’s President, Prof Benjamin Okaba, shared with a correspondent in Akure, Ondo State, on Sunday, the INC lauded the people of Rivers State for opposing the alleged plans to impeach Fubara. Additionally, they appealed to Wike to avoid disrupting the present administration in the state.
The statement read, “We urgently call on all political players in Rivers State to play their duty to their constituents and forthwith cease from any further acts capable of slurring the sanctity of the office, institution and person of the Governor of all Rivers people.
“We specifically appeal to Chief Nyesom Wike, to retrace his steps from stoking division of any sort against the government of the day under the guise of protecting his ‘structure’. The political structure to which he refers should not be rolled up with the structure of the government of Governor Fubara as one entity under anyone’s thumb.
“On our part, the Ijaw National Congress worldwide, at all levels and organs across Ijawland and the diaspora should be alive to the sacred responsibility of watching over and protecting the interests of our people anywhere and anytime. ”
The group also commended President Bola Tinubu, an elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clarke, and some other eminent Nigerians for their intervention in the crisis.
It called on the people of the state to remain vigilant, steadfast and continue to cooperate with law enforcement agencies to maintain peace and in Rivers State and the Niger Delta as a whole.
