The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has blamed the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara as the architect of the recent violence in the state, because of his decision not to obey court order that declared the local government elections illegal.
Wike made this known yesterday during a Political programme on Channels Television, described the action of the the governor of Rivers State as an abuse of rule of law, which has resulted to the crisis in the state.
He faulted the governor for setting up a panel of judiciary to probe the killings and violence in the state, since he knows they cause of the problem, describing it as a waste of time.
“There is no decent person, no person who believes in the peace and stability of any nation that will say he wants to support violence, that will say that you want to support destruction, and that will say that he do not want people to live in harmony.
“But what is important is that when there is violence, when there is instability, when there is instability, it is for you to ask question. ‘What has led to that violence? What has led to instability? What has led to destruction, if at all?’ It is very key.
“I have said, I was a governor. I have always obeyed the rule of law. You have heard the governor said that our state is turning to a state of anarchy where people do not obey the rule of law,” he said.
Wike questioned that where people do not obey the rule of law and what is obeying the rule of law?
“It was respect. It was obeying the judgement of God. It was not taking the law into your hands. It does not matter how you see that judgement.
“The moment you do not obey court’s judgement, you are inviting anarchy. You are inviting violence. Was that destruction done before now?
“The point we are making is that a governor on national television, national television, not local television to tell the world, I will not obey court’s judgement,” he said.
The former governor of River State while speaking on what should be done for peace to reign in the state, said that Fubara should learn to obey rule of law.
“It is about our nation. If today a court gives a judgement, not an order, a judgement, I say, look, this is what we will do. You have gone on appeal.
“You went on appeal, which means you are aware that there was a judgement against this. And you have gone on appeal. You do not want to be patient,” he said.
“To follow the due process. Let appeal come up to say this and that and that. You come into national television and say, I will not obey.
“It is a fraudulent judgement. I have never seen that in my life. Where anybody can come out because judgement is against you or it’s not in your favour.
“You attack an institution to say it is fraudulent. It’s not only, look at just what has happened. And I said, we will comply with the court judgement.
What did they do?” he said.
