Rivers: Ijaw Traditional Group Sends Warning to Tinubu Over Moves to Impeach Fubara

 

The Supreme Egbesu Assembly, SEA, a traditional institution of the Ijaw people has sent a message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

 

The group warned that there would be consequences if Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is impeached.

 

The institution, through its chairman, Werinipre Noel Digifa, issued this warning while reacting to a recent statement by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, who declared that heaven would not fall if Fubara were removed.

 

“Heaven will not fall if Fubara is impeached. We won’t resort to violence either. But at the appropriate time, we will let President Tinubu know what one of his ‘best eleven’ has done to the Ijaw people,” Digifa stated.

 

Digifa faulted President Tinubu for allegedly failing to rein in Wike, whom he accused of displaying recklessness and arrogance toward the Ijaw nation.

 

“Tinubu should be held responsible for Wike’s actions. He has turned the judiciary into his personal estate, manipulating it to suit his desires. Wike preempted the Supreme Court judgment, and it went exactly as he wanted,” he alleged.

 

According to him, despite their grievances, the Ijaw people would not resort to violence if Fubara is removed from office.

 

Digifa condemned what he described as Wike’s crass arrogance and verbal attacks on the Ijaw ethnic nationality, referencing an African proverb to caution against reckless confrontation.

 

He, therefore, blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan, for supporting Wike’s rise to power, arguing that they ignored more credible candidates.