By Jude Opara, Abuja
Deji Adeyanju, a Human Rights Activist and Lawyer has advised Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State to brace up and confront his estranged godfather and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike if he really wants to end the political crisis in the state.
Adeyanju while addressing a press conference in Abuja said nothing can make Wike back down in the fight, hence the need for Fubara to confront him headlong.
He said: “There is nothing that Fubara would do that will make Wike back down; he’s a totalitarian who does not believe in a middle ground. He would not shift grounds, the governor has shifted severally; the way out is for the governor to confront him frontally. Wike does not like to be challenged and once you challenge him, he becomes jittery and starts talking anyhow.
“The Governor should challenge him headlong; the law is settled that when people defect; they lose their seat as stated by the Supreme Court. They went and got a lower court to make another ruling on the same subject matter.
“Fubara should just man up and challenge the guy, he’s not a god; this god complex that he has that his words are supreme. The same treatment that Wike has given to those who supported him, he would give to Tinubu; Tinubu will not be an exception”.
Adeyanju who is currently having a dispute with Wike also denied claims by the former Rivers state governor that he once begged him to assist him become the National Publicity Secretary (NPC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Assuming that I went to beg Wike as he said in his interview, that means he’s the oracle that makes people in PDP. So why couldn’t he make himself a PDP presidential candidate since he’s the oracle of the party that determines who gets what and how in PDP? “
It could be recalled that there has been a political crisis in the oil rich Rivers state after 27 members of the House of Assembly loyal to Wike announced their defection from the PDP to the all progressives Congress (APC).
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