The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum has picked holes in the eight-point resolution presented by President Bola Tinubu to resolve the running battle between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
Reacting to the development, the Chairman of the Forum and former Rivers state Governor, Rufus Ada-George said the agreement was skewed.
The octogenarian was speaking on a monitored programme.
Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Pa Edwin Clark, has described the truce reached between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike as an “imposed settlement.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, the elder statesmen said the communique issued at the end of the reconciliatory meeting was “baffling, appalling and unacceptable” to the people, especially, the Ijaw ethnic nationality.
Clark alleged that from the terms of settlement, President Bola Tinubu sees his role as a mediator to show gratitude to the FCT Minister for ‘delivering’ Rivers State to him during the past Presidential elections.
He said the eight resolutions reached, are the most unconstitutional, and absurd resolutions at settling feuding parties that he has seen saying Fubara was ambushed and intimidated into submission.
He stressed that the president cannot use his powers to override the constitution.
The nonagenarian vowed to go to court to resist what he termed as the oppressive action using all available constitutional and legal means while appealing to the aggrieved youths to remain calm.
Yesterday, President Bola Tinubu had intervened in the political crisis in the state by initiating a truce agreement between Governor Fubara and Wike through the signing of an eight-point resolution.
These include that Fubara and his team would withdraw all the court cases instituted and that the Rivers Assembly would drop all impeachment proceedings against the governor.
Also, the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly as led by the Martin Amaewhule shall be recognized alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP, among others.
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed readiness to give peace a chance following the 8 point agreement initiated by President Bola Tinubu over to quell the political crisis in Rivers state.
Speaking yesterday at the 3rd Convocation and 6th Founders Day ceremonies of the Pamo University of Medical Sciences in Iriebe Town, the governor said he is ready to pay the price for peace.
The governor expressed his commitment to ensuring peace in the state and among the people to foster development, assuring the people of the state that his administration would ensure adequate governance.
Also speaking at the event, former Rivers governor, Dr Peter Odili lauded the Fubara for his governance in the state.
He assured the governor of his support.
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has issued an order freezing the accounts of the Oyo State Government in 10 commercial banks in the country.
Justice Anitte Ebong issued the order in a ruling on a garnishee proceeding initiated by former council chiefs sacked on May 29, 2019, by Governor Seyi Makinde.
The former council chiefs in 2021 got an N4.9bn judgment against Makinde and other officials and agencies of the state.
The garnishee proceeding, led by Bashorun Ajuwon, was with the intent to recover the balance of N3.5bn, which is outstanding from the actual judgment sum, from which Makinde paid only N1.5bn in 2022.
In a ruling, Justice Ebong ordered the banks to file affidavits and attend the court on the next adjourned date to show cause why the garnishee orders granted should not be made absolute.
The judge awarded N300,000 as a cost against the judgment debtors, ordered that a copy of the order be served on Makinde and others, and adjourned until January 5 next year for a hearing.
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