By Mark Lenu
Facts check indicated that the implementation of the recent Supreme Court judgment on Rivers State will not help the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and as such, compliance had been seen as not being the solution to the political crisis in the state.
The Genesis of the crisis is where the solution can come from, and it has nothing to do with compliance with the Supreme Court judgment.
Trouble started when the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, felt betrayed by Fubara whom he believed to have single-handedly made a governor.
Having lost the power to control the governance of the state because of the sitting Governor’s decision not to be controlled by Wike, all the FCT minister is now bent on doing is to take back the control of the state by removing power from Fubara.
The options Fubara has at the moment are to either return and pledge his total loyalty to the FCT minister or exercise more political toughness than Wike, else, Fubara’s political nightmare will worsen.
It is obvious to note that ever since the Supreme Court declared the October 5, 2024 LG election illegal, reinstated the 27 lawmakers led by Martin Amaewhule and stopped the federal government from releasing allocation to the Fubara led state government, the incumbent governor had been trying to implement the apex court judgments and peace had not yet returned to the state.
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It goes to show that what will bring peace is far from implementing the judgment of the Supreme Court.
In his speech on Saturday at a political reception at Abalama community in Asari-Toru LGA, the FCT Minister wondered what would have been his fate if President Bola Tinubu had not appointed him minister. Wike said this in reference to the fact that Fubara had denied him control of the state.
Everyone knows that the core reason Wike bought a governorship form for Fubara, campaigned for him and did everything within his power to make Fubara governor was for him, Wike to still control the state’s seat of power.
And same way Wike fought for Fubara to be governor in 2023, he will fight even harder to kick him out of Government House if Fubara refuses to pledge his loyalty to him or up his guard at 100 percent in defiance of Wike’s political onslaught.
