Elder statesman Anabs Sara-Igbe has criticised the Rivers State House of Assembly for preventing Governor Siminalayi Fubara from accessing the State Assembly Complex.
Speaking in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, March 12, Sara-Igbe, who chairs the South-South Elders Forum, condemned the lawmakers‘ actions as provocative and disrespectful to the people of Rivers State.
“The governor was elected by millions of Rivers people. As the chief executive officer of the state, he has unhindered access to all the facilities within the state. Blocking him from entering the complex is a direct insult and embarrassment to the people of Rivers State,” he said.
He added that Fubara had demonstrated his commitment to peace by dropping his legal case against the lawmakers last year, following President Bola Tinubu’s advice, even though they refused to do the same.
Sara-Igbe also urged the governor to implement all directives from the Supreme Court, despite his personal reservations.
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“I appeal that he implements all the decisions stipulated by the Supreme Court judgment, even though I did not agree with some of those decisions. Let him implement them. Rivers people are watching. The world is watching,” he said.
Reacting to a statement by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, who declared during a media chat that Fubara could be impeached and “heaven will not fall,” Sara-Igbe cautioned against making inflammatory remarks.
“He should remember that during the time of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, the production rate of crude dropped drastically from 2.4 million barrels per day to a paltry 700,000 bpd until the elders of the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta pleaded with the various militant groups including the Avengers, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, among others to stay action.
“The nation’s economy today is at a sad point. We don’t want anything to happen to the crude oil production. The minister should be mindful of his utterances. While we plead for all parties in the crisis to follow the path of peace, we all should also mind what we say per time,” he said.