Apologise to Fubara for falsely accusing him of fueling  Rivers crisis, Ethnic Youth Leaders tell Fagbemi

Ethnic Youth Leaders have urged the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to tender unreserved apology to Governor Siminalayi Fubara whom he indirectly accused of aiding the crisis in Rivers State. According to the youth leaders of the different ethnicities in the country,t the Attorney General who is the chief law officer shielded his […]

Ethnic Youth Leaders have urged the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to tender unreserved apology to Governor Siminalayi Fubara whom he indirectly accused of aiding the crisis in Rivers State.

According to the youth leaders of the different ethnicities in the country,t the Attorney General who is the chief law officer shielded his colleague, the minister of the Federal Capital Territor,y from the anarchy in the south south state.

In a statement by comrade Meliga Godwin, the youth leaders said while Wike in a viral video circulated on many media platforms boasted about acts of vandalism in the state, the Attorney General chose to shift the entire blame to the governor.

“We call on the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi to immediately apologize to Governor Siminalayi Fubara
for falsely accusing him of been behind bombing while shielding Wike from any blame.

“It quite unfortunate that the Chief Law Officer of a country while take such a biased position, alleging that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, tele-guided militants to blow up pipelines in the state.

“Fagbemi would go on to spuriously alleged that although the governor was not directly culpable, he failed to dissuade the militants from vandalising the pipeline.

“Hear him ‘we are in a democracy. There were what I will call telegraphing of the militants, I will say, by the governor. And the reason I say so is, when he began, he said oh, he will let them know when it was time to act. Let us say it was false. Did he come out to disown them? The answer is no. And a week later, they swung into action. You saw or witnessed the vandalisation of oil pipelines.

“However, evidence abound that Wike more than the governor, Wike is complicit and guilty as charged.
It was well circulated on electronic and social media that the explosions experienced in Gokana and Onelga had earlier been predicted by Chief Barr Wike on his media chat.

“He was quoted as saying: ‘What nonsense is that? Who told you Ogoni people cannot break pipelines? Who told you Ikwerre people cannot blow up pipelines? Who told you Ekpeye people cannot blow up pipelines?” The above statements were set up designed to create tension and disharmony; to create a perceived state of anarchy, and to make the President declare state of emergency in Rivers State.

“For Mr. President to single out Gov. Sim Fubara and the Honourable members of the Rivers State House Assembly for suspension, without taking any disciplinary action on his Minister , Chief Nyesom Wike, for gross public misconduct, is a clear miscarriage of justice and it is condemnable.

“It is more unfortunate that Attorney General who should have advised the President on the illegality of the who imbroglio is here defending the big elephant in the room while falsely accusing the governor, simply because they want to give a dog a bad name to hang it. But that must not be allowed! He must apologize.”