Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says he is worried that President Bola Tinubu’s mention his name in his statement on the destruction of local government secretariats in Rivers State.
Fubara said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday.
Recall that violent clashes ensued in at least four local government areas, with parts of the buildings in Eleme, Ikwerre, and Emohua council premises burnt down by rampaging political hoodlums, while gunshots were fired sporadically in Ahoada East to resist newly elected council officials on Monday.
The burning of LG secretariats came shortly after the withdrawal of the police officers securing the 23 council secretariats.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the police had opted out of the election that produced the newly elected LG chairmen.
The Action People’s Party, APP, won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the oil-rich state, while the Action Alliance, AA, won a seat.
Fubara immediately swore in the 23 newly elected local government chairmen on Sunday but some of the LG bosses were attacked upon assumption of office on Monday.
Some council secretariats were also set ablaze by political opponents.
Tinubu, in a statement late Monday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, ordered the police to secure the local government secretariats in the state.
The President also urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law.
Reacting to Tinubu’s statement on the crisis, Fubara said, “I do not have any issue with it (the President’s intervention) but I am a bit concerned when my name was only mentioned.
“The issue is very simple. It’s as simple as ABC, everyone in Nigeria, everyone in Rivers State knows where this issue is coming from. It’s not rocket science. We know what the issue is and the issue is not Fubara, it is not.
