By Hyacinth Eku, Abuja
A constitutional lawyer and the principal partner, Friends Chambers, Prince Orji Nwafor – Orizu Esq has urged former governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike to leave Governor Sim Fubara alone to perform his lawful duties in the state.
Orizu spoke on the background of the crisis between the FCT Minister and the State governor over who controls the state political structure. He, therefore, urged Wike to wait for 2027 in order to produce another governor, if he thinks it is his birth right to be producing governors in the state.
In a telephone interview with Core Reporters on Fubara – Wike feud, Orizu advices Wike to stop distracting Fubara from carrying out his lawful duties. He accused Wike of quarrelsomeness.
He recalled that Wike quarried Rotimi Amaechi his predecessor, former president Goodluck; Jonathan and his wife and Fubara now.
Reacting to Wike’s justification of decamping of the states 27 lawmakers from the PDP to the APC, he reminded him (Wike) of his statement at a time, when he (Wike) said anybody who defects from his party to another should be sacked and vacate his seat.
“Now people are saying that agitations against the issue of the lawmakers in the state should be discontinued, until the court takes a decision; that nobody should take law into his hand. If that is the case, the 27 lawmakers, shouldn’t be taking ultimate decision in impeaching the governor. They should wait, untill judgement comes out.
“They are also saying that Fubara and his group should fold their hands and maintain the status quo, pending the outcome of judgement, but the 27 lawmakers are moving to impeach the governor, without minding if court will recognize them as lawmakers. So if Fubara and his group should maintain the status quo, the 27 lawmakers should also maintain the status quo,” he stated.
On the issue of ungratefulness of Fubara over Wike which brought about the brouhaha, taking into consideration that with the exception of Fubara, other newly elected governors aren’t quarelling with their predecessors, the lawyer responded thus: “It is because others aren’t making the kind of demand Wike is making. He wants to take over governance from him; the legislators from him; the permanent secretary and everything from him, and at the same time, take a large chunk of the money coming to his own personal account and leaving the governor, doing nothing. With all these taken from him, you find out that he has no stake in the office as a governor, but a stooge.
Wondering if it is President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that is giving Wike permission to go to Rivers to cause havoc every weekend and go back, he said that he expected Mr President to advise him to resign and go back to the state, if he can’t concentrate on his appointment.
Meanwhile, Orizu reminded Wike that the person who sponsored a governor in the last election, can still sponsor another tomorrow, even as he reminded him that a person sponsored shouldn’t be seen as a slave.
“From my experience, what happened in Anambra, between Mbadinuju and Ngige is the typical example of quarelling with a godfather, which causes a lot of money. But he should know that sponsoring isn’t slavery,” he reminded, advising Fubara to continue to be loyal to Mr President and concentrate on governance and ignore Wike.
While telling the governor to allow the commission of inquiry he set up to work and prosecute Wike, if found wanted, and leave.nc him if not found wanted, he informed that like in the EFCC, the anti graft agency brought out the names of former governors, Wike’s inclusive, that had questions to answer to amount of money, running to trillions of Naira and Peter Obi’s name wasn’t there.
