LG Allocation: Sentiment, blackmail of no use, Rivers APC chides Fubara

Rivers State Governor, Similanayi Fubara has been walking a thin rope since his face – off with his predecessor, Nyesome Wike.

According to Fubara, in a statement he made earlier, the rift between them is as a result of Wike trying to control the affairs of Rivers, a situation which he (Fubara) cannot allow to happen.

Reacting to the development regarding non-payment of LG allocation to Rivers, Chairman of APC Rivers State, Sir Tony Okocha has come forward to tell Fubara that blackmailing Tinubu, Wike and the Judiciary will amount to nothing.

He further stated that Fubara had no political career whatsoever before Wike picked him and he is now biting the fingers that fed him

“Wike brought Fubara to where he is today. He lifted him from obscurity to political crescendo. Nobody is suffocating anybody. The fight in Rivers state is between Sim Fubara and Sim Fubara”.

In his opinion, Fubara is responsible for all the tension in Rivers, citing that if Fubara had obeyed Tinubu’s intervention, it would not have gotten this bad.

Okocha also emphasized that the only way out for Fubara is to obey the laws of the land, including the laws regarding state budget.

“Sections 120, 121, 122 speak to this issue regarding budget clearly.

“As a political party, the All Progressives Congress, we stand with and by the judgment of the court because it is what will hold sway in the civil society, it is the court, not one man morality”.

“We are also using this opportunity to speak against attempts to disparage innocent persons namely; Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister. In all the cases in court, there are about 32 cases in which he is not a party to any. Why bring in the President?”, he queried”.

While addressing the issue of Niger Delta elders making a move to restore parity to the state, Okocha said a lot of damage has been done already and it may already be a little too late.

In his words, he expressed, “I say it is foolishness for anyone to cry when the head is off. There is also this aphorism, that you don’t cry over a spilled milk.“Where have these elders been? Where? The matter is narrowing down, if you ask me; because the only other hurdle to escape is the Supreme Court”.

“What are the elders coming to do at this late hour, if they actually would want to come? What are they coming to do? They are the same people who told the governor, that you are a know-all and do-all, they encouraged the governor to believe that his head was bigger than his pillow”.

“They were the ones, they told him, look, your powers are elastic, what can you not do? And the governor agreed to that and today, the Ikwerre man tells you that not everybody that comes to plan your building will be part of the building”.

”No, a lot of them have disappeared into thin air. At the time, they came to counsel the governor against the decision that he signed to and the governor is on the hot seat. So to say to you that I don’t see that working is way, way too late. We want peace, Simple thing. See, the only way to bring peace is to follow the law”.