Well, it will be hard for someone to condemn a system he benefitted from. The individual grip is what brought some persons into whatever office they are holding today, only to then want to change the narrative. If what is been sold to the people today was it when the present administration in Rivers states was vying for office, the governor may not be close at all.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara, is a product of individual’s choice, who hand picked him, supported him and today; he is the governor of Rivers State. It will be hard, again, to bite the hand that fed you. Besides, peace is better than war.
The governor needs to return back to who he was that made him earn the trust of the FCT minister, and put him forth as his successor.
Governor Fubara, at a function of the 2024/2025 legal year service, held at the Anglican Communion, Port Harcourt, said there is need to build strong institutions to rein the influence of politicians and individuals on the state.
According to him: “What we are praying for in this country is institutional strength and not individual strength. Institutional strength is the only thing that will bring development to this country,” the governor added.
“This state belongs to all of us. It is not about Fubara today. If this institution is destroyed, when another person comes in tomorrow, it is the same thing that will happen.
Tasking the legal luminaries, the governor said “we need to stand and defend it. And you are the right people to do it. I am here today to assure you that even if I have my last breath, I will defend the cause of justice in this state.”
Fubara advised the judges in the state against allowing their judgment to be influenced by politicians, adding that justice must be upheld at all times.
“We all know the law when it comes to issues that have to do with the administration of governance in the state. It is within the jurisdiction of the state high court.
“It doesn’t matter whether you joined INEC or the police. It is a state matter. I am not a lawyer, but I know that one. And you stand and say you are doing the right thing? God will judge you.”
“Let me say it here so that you will understand: Judges, you are the God that we are seeing. Your position is to stand and defend us. Your position is to look at whoever and tell the person the truth.
“Because if you don’t do it here, you will have a big question to answer. The preacher said it, every evil done in the course of administering justice, you will pay for it dearly.”
Submitting to the reality of the face-off between him and his predecessor, the governor added that Rivers state has been enduring a political crisis in the past months.
Worthy of note is, the present governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike – also the immediate past governor of Rivers state, are at loggerheads of whose is Rivers State.
We hope the both parties allow peace to reign, considering the people of the state, who are at the receiving end.
