Rivers Federal Lawmakers Organize Solidarity Walk for Fubara

The political unrest roiling Rivers State has prompted members of the National Assembly to demand that President Bola Tinubu summon Chief Nyesom Wike, his Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, to order.

This comes amid the furor of resignations of Commissioners in Fubara’s Cabinet in the last 48 hours.

Meanwhile, two Federal lawmakers from the state led a solidarity walk in support of the programs and activities of the governor of the state, Sir Siminalayi Fubara.

Beginning at CFC Junction on the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway, the protest came to an end at Government House.

The walk was led in silence by Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante, who represents the Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro federal district, and Boma Goodhead, who represents the Asari Toru/Akuku Toru federal constituency in the House of Representatives.

The nonviolent demonstrators claimed that because Fubara opted to be faithful to the people who gave him the authority to rule them rather than to a godfather, Wike, the previous governor, was intimidating the current governor.

Speaking, Goodhead pushed Tinubu to summon his minister to order, accusing Wike of merely entering the state to sabotage the tranquility.

She said: “We want to send a clear message to the Federal Government of Nigeria, we are here to send a message to President Bola Tinubu to call Wike to order.

“Because the next time he comes into Rivers State to disturb the peaceful people of the state, we will not sit down and fold our hands anymore. Please instruct the security agencies to arrest the former governor of the state.”

The Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for governor of Rivers State in 2023, Mrs. Beatrice Itubo, has expressed sadness over how the political unrest in the region is impacting the state’s businesses and citizens’ quality of life.

Itubo, a former head of the Nigeria Labour Congress’s (NLC) state chapter in Port Harcourt, urged Chief Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Sir Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of the state, to look for a way to end the ongoing political unrest.

Announcing that the people should always come first, the Labour candidate said she had visited the governor to find out how her party might assist in mediating peace in the interests of the state.