Former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as demanded that his successor Siminalayi Fubara must adhere to the rule of law for peace to return to the state.
Wike spoke on Tuesday when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“There is peace when you obey the rule of law. There is peace when you obey court judgements,” the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said.
He insisted that Fubara’s actions of ignoring the judgments of the Supreme Court and the Federal High Court to conduct Saturday’s Local Government election marks of disrespect to the rule of law which must be resisted.
Wike noted that rather than see him as the war monger, it is the Rivers State governor who is making trouble and should be called to order.
Wike’s comment came in the wake of the crisis in Rivers State, which is worsening by the day.
The state has made headlines in recent months owing to a feud between Wike and Fubara. That dispute escalated some days back in the lead-up and aftermath of the local government elections in the state.
A court verdict had mandated the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) not to provide security for the election. It also asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to release the voter register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the exercise.
But the Fubara-led government insisted on the local government election and conducted same on Saturday.
The chairpersons and councillors were sworn in on Monday but that triggered another wave of violence in the state. Three local government council secretariats were set ablaze and properties were destroyed.
Fubara has since vowed to fish out the masterminds of the attacks and on Tuesday set up a panel to probe the incidents.
