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Progressive Yoruba Youth Congress has asked Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu to openly condemn his appointee, Nyesom Wike, over the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory’s role in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State.
In a press conference on Sunday, the Yoruba youths alleged that the silence of the president may mislead many people to assume he’s in support of Wike’s action.
It would be recalled that Rivers State Governor Fubara and his predecessor in office, Wike are at loggerheads over control of political structure and resources in the state.
The group said, “We, therefore, appeal to President Tinubu to note and act on the things we know he must do to save Nigeria.
“The President should openly denounce the assault on democracy in Rivers State and direct that all government institutions act according to the law.
“President Tinubu should call Nyesom Wike to order by insisting that he focuses on his current assignment as the Minister of FCT, a role that he has neglected while focusing on being the puppet master of Rivers State.
“President Tinubu should insist that Wike make choices: whether he wants to remain FCT Minister or return to Rivers State as a warlord, whether is in the PDP or the APC, and whether he is an apostle of brigandage or democracy.
“Where Wike continues to be recalcitrant and refuses to let peace reign in Rivers State, he should be relieved of his ministerial position so that he can return to Rivers State and concentrate on local state politics without dragging President Tinubu’s name into the mess he is making.”
The group also called the 27 Rivers lawmaker that defected to consider retracing their steps.
“Additionally, we call on the 27 former Rivers State House of Assembly members to seek proper legal guidance on the choices available to them going forward since it appears they are not beneficiaries of sound legal counsel based on their past and ongoing actions.
“We say this because the rest of Nigeria will hold them individually and collectively liable, with Wike their boss, for any breach of the peace in Nigeria arising from their misadventure.
“We appeal to the judiciary to note that it remains the hope of the Nigerian masses and the bulwark against the descent of dictatorship and Fascism as being championed by Wike and some undemocratic elements in some other states.
“The judiciary must make it clear that is it not for hire as persons like Wike are insinuating. The National Judicial Council (NJC) must particularly ensure that it sanctions any judicial officer that lends their court for judicial shopping by the parties to the Rivers State crisis. NJC must remind the lower courts that they cannot overturn Supreme Court rulings on any matter. For this, we urge Justice Donatus Okorowo to get to the bottom of how and why they linked his name to being open to inducement so that those who peddled the insinuation would be held to account.”
