The Nation Newspaper Rivers crisis: Elders caution Fubara, absolve Wike of blame
Rivers leaders and elders under the aegis of Rivers Elders Forum said the allegation that Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike was behind the impeachment move against
On what led to the crisis, the elders said: “We are aware that there was a pre-existing problem between Ehie, the then majority leader, and his colleagues that culminated in his removal. “The Governor neither sought the help, clarification, intervention of Wike and the elders on the development, nor did he discourage damaging lies to be peddled against Wike.
They added: “The false stories were peddled that Wike demanded money from the governor in order to discredit him before a gullible public, which is very sad. We confirm that the allegations are wicked, unfair, satanic The elder rejected the insinuations of ethnicity by some Ijaw leaders from other states, saying they had forgotten how Wike insisted on producing a riverine governor of the Ijaw extraction.
They insisted that Fubara must take urgent steps to correct the false narratives against Wike to provide a window for true reconciliation.
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