A FORMER governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has said that the political crisis between the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is all about money sharing.
In an interview with DW Africa on Saturday, March 29, the former Transportation minister also described the emergency rule imposed on the state by President Bola Tinubu as unconstitutional.
According to him: “The fight between the current governor of Rivers State and the FCT minister is about sharing money. If not, what is the quarrel?
“Nigerians don’t dislike corruption anymore. I’ve not seen anybody on the street querying what the problem is. Can both of them speak to the public and tell us what the problem is?
“We are now denied democracy. Rivers State is the only state in the country currently not enjoying democracy. They have imposed military rule on us.
“Secondly, the President acted outside the Constitution. Section 188 states how a governor can leave office, either by death, resignation or impeachment. It didn’t say that one day, you wake up and a man called the President of Nigeria will throw you out of office, which makes democracy unstable.”
Amaechi stated that the President had a hand in Rivers’ situation because he wanted to wield power by ousting governors who may not support him in the 2027 general election, noting: “Rumours are everywhere that if any governor is not careful, the President will remove you. So the Rivers issue is about sharing money and 2027 politics.
“If the President said that the pipe that exploded was the reason why he tagged Rivers unstable and insecure by declaring a state of emergency, what about the other parts of the country where there is insecurity? Is the President saying that they should impose an emergency rule on him? They can’t because he is a democratically elected President.
“There are insecurity issues in the Northeast and Northwest, even in the Southeast and South-South. The governor has no responsibility for the blown pipes in Rivers. Security responsibility rests solely on the President. Why punish a man who did not commit any offence?”
He counselled the people of Rivers State to resist the emergency rule imposed by the President by protesting the decision.
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