Opunabo Inko-Tariah, former Special Adviser to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that there is no peace in Rivers State, stressing that the former Rivers Governor is not sincere with the claim.
It will be recalled that a few days ago Wike told journalists in an interview that peace had returned to Rivers State and that the three arms of government are working independently and harmoniously.
Inko-Tariah, in an interview on Tuesday pointed out that his former boss wasn’t sincere when he said in an interview that there was peace in Rivers State, the former SA insisted that the oil rich state is sitting on a keg of gunpowder that will soon explode.
He said, “The FCT Minister was just mouthing, there is no peace in Rivers State. What we have in Rivers State now is peace before the storm. First of all we’re talking about the hounding of those that are perceived to be loyal to Governor Simi Fubara, for example the chief of staff. Why did they have to move the case from Rivers State to the Federal Capital Territory? I’m talking about the murder of the DPO. You will ask yourself a question, where was the crime committed? You cannot just move the case to Abuja.
“Wike said that the judiciary, the legislature and the executive are working independently and very well. Are you saying that the judiciary in Rivers State doesn’t have what it takes, the credibility to handle that matter, because the matter is already in court? It was moved to Abuja so that he can bring to bear his peasants and that is why most of us are calling the President to caution the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
“It mustn’t be political. We’ve not heard about those policemen that were with the commissioner when he was killed. We’ve not heard about them but you are hounding the chief of staff because of his political fidelity.
“Talking about the House of Assembly, we’re going to have a very serious constitutional crisis. We must not allow sentiments be-cloud our reasoning. The reason for the defection, they said, was an eight point agenda. Must political settlements out distance legal requirements and conditions? If that is the case we don’t need Supreme Court judgments anymore. We just need to go to the President and let him give a verdict on any issue. If he says you’re guilty, you’re guilty, and if he says you’re innocent, you’re innocent. We don’t need the courts anymore.
“We’re talking about legal matters where you have pectoral cases and defections. Too major conditions, it is either party melt or you have a crisis. The first time they talked of crisis, where the party secretary who had gubernatorial ambition refused to resign his seat, which was not tantamount to crisis, one person dragged him to court. The second one was, “the president was doing well” This is not known in law and it is alien to the content of judgment of the Supreme Court. As we speak, those persons are not members of the House of Assembly irrespective of the agreement entered into because that cannot supersede the provisions of the law. As we speak we don’t have a speaker, we have only four members. It was on that premise and relying upon court judgment that the budget was presented. That budget was passed and you said it should be represented. Now, why do you want to represent that budget? The question will arise after your representation. On what authorities do you spend the money that you spent? It is clearing the grounds for impeachment and removal. You have also admitted by representing that budget, that Martin Amaewhule irrespective of the court judgment, which is why you represented that budget to him. Then all these while that you have been spending money on whose authority did you spend the money. In that case it is an impeachable offence. He cannot even defend it. That is why I said that the governor if he represented the budget, he would be signing his exit card.
“There is no sentiment about it because they are coming for the jugular. They are only preparing grounds. Now, how many times has the state Assembly turned down the governor? They kept overriding the veto of the governor, and they say that there is peace,” Inko-Tariah added.
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