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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has faulted President Bola Tinubu, for failing to mention the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in his statement addressing the crisis rocking Rivers State.
Naija News reported that Tinubu had ordered the Police to immediately end the burning of local government secretariats in Rivers State, saying that only the judiciary can settle all political disputes from the council election.
In a statement on Tuesday, Eze, the erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party, nPDP, commended Tinubu for intervening in the crisis.
However, Eze said the president’s failure to mention Wike, who is widely alleged to be a key player in the Rivers State crisis, is saddening, mischievous and unfortunate.
The statement read, “Calling on Governor Fubara, without specifically mentioning the name of Wike and his blindfolded loyalists in Rivers state to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law is to say the least, unacceptable.
“For Tinubu refusing to call his FCT Minister to order, who everybody knows his boys are behind the heinous acts in the State and refusal to allow peace to reign supreme in the State is saddening, mischievous and unfortunate.
“Those behind all these atrocious acts are not denying their devilish acts. They have the nerve and boldness to declare that they are protesting the outcome of the Local Government elections in the State and are refusing to allow the duly elected Council Chairmen to assume office while our security agencies look the other way.
“The security reports about these attacks against the sovereignty of Rivers State was in the public domain as the Governor highlighted about it that 20 people per ward are being recruited to unleash mayhem in the State.
“Again, the deep concern expressed by President Tinubu over reports of arson and explosions in Rivers State is patriotic and a welcome development, but not giving a stern directive to the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to fish out masterminds and prosecute perpetrators of the dastardly acts in the State is worrisome, despicable and highly condemnable.
“The madness, act of terrorism and show of irresponsibility that happened in Rivers state in the aftermath of the council elections is far beyond calling on the police to maintain peace, law and order.
“Since Mr. President either deliberately or inadvertently omitted calling for the arrest of identified culprits of this undemocratic and heinous crime against Rivers State, I call on the Rivers State Government to launch a probe and apprehend those self-serving hangers-on and their evil cohorts who are waging war against the people of Rivers State.
“While I urge calm and peace in the State, I call on the FCT Minister to emulate the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume who hold superior offices in the Tinubu’s administration but yet allowed peace to prevail in their respective States.
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