By Eric Moore
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has accused the presidency of plotting to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Eze made the allegation in a statement he made he available to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
The former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct new Peoples Democratic (nPDP), also noted that by supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, President Bola Tinubu has lost the support of Niger Delta people.
Eze a strong ally of the former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, alleged that the protracted political crisis in Rivers State has continued unabated because the FCT Minister is being supported by Tinubu.
According to him, Wike with the support of the Presidency is championing the plot to impeach Governor Fubara, in order to install Amaewhule, as governor.
Eze alleged: “Obviously, Wike is capitalizing on his unholy political marriage to Tinubu to destabilize Rivers State and distract Governor Fubara, solely to ensure that their stooge, Amaewhule, becomes governor to enable them rig the 2027 general elections in Rivers State.”
Sadly, he said these evil and undemocratic plots to remove Fubara from office will not only fall like a pack of cards, but will rather strengthen and energize Fubara in his concerted efforts to rescue the state from the shackles of people parading themselves as lawmakers.
“I have counselled President Tinubu from the beginning that his romance with Wike will not only destroy APC as a political party but will stain his political career as a democrat.”
He explained that the plot to impeach or remove Fubara from the Brick House will not see the light of the day in view of the fact that Tinubu and those supporting minister may not know much about Rivers State politics, which, he said, is divided among two blocks – the upland and riverine axis.
“It may interest the public to note that the upland axis of the state has through Dr. Peter Odili, Rt. Hon. Barr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and Chief Nyesom Wike governed Rivers State for 24 years, while the riverine axis through Sir Fubara is just governing the state.”
The APC stalwart maintained that disrupting and bringing the administration of Fubara to an abrupt end amounts to subjugation of the Ijaw nation and other riverine ethnic nationalities.
Eze declared: “It is height of political insensitivity to humiliate an Ijaw governor out of office because of one man’s sheer greed and dictatorial tendencies.”
He warned that the present plot to remove from office the first riverine governor and replace him with another upland person is simply asking for calamity for the state.
Eze admonished Amaewhule and his colleagues to wake up from their fantasy, and stop making mockery of the serious agenda of lawmaking.
“Amaewhule and his bandwagon of defectors lack what it takes to order a sitting governor around. They have called Fubara unprintable names and abused him publicly, not knowing that they are denigrating and desecrating the office of governor of Rivers State.”
“If Wike is still the governor of Rivers State, can anybody try what he is doing to Fubara? Can he stomach this political crisis? If not that Fubara is a peace loving man, amiable, wise, humane, respectful and easy going man, Wike and the Presidency would have seen what fire does to the ears of a rat.”
Reacting on the attitude of the lawmakers, Eze said they should stop playing God and acting as if Rivers State cannot move forward with out them.
“It is ominous and inauspicious behaviour; an affront on the highly reverred office of the governor of Rivers State, for the lawmakers to shun a peaceful invitation by Governor Fubara for a meeting.”
“Fubara had extended a formal invitation to Amaewhule and the others to discuss and iron out ways to resolve the political imbroglio.
Eze described the invitation for a meeting as a “political masterstroke strategy”, adding that by refusing to honour the invitation, the world now knows that the lawmakers are very determined to undermine the peace of the State.