.Anabs Sara-Igbe
An elder statesman and former publicity secretary of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Anabs Sara-Igbe has described the impeachment attempt on Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as a mutiny against Rivers State.
Sara-Igbe, who condemned the power tussle in the state while addressing Journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday, expressed regret that the incumbent Governor was hindered from appointing carbinet members of his choice.
He said, “What happened today is a mutiny against the people of Rivers State. So I strongly whole heartedly condemned what happened in Rivers State. It goes to show that somebody somewhere wants to show power, it goes to show somebody wants to continue to run the state.
“A situation where somebody is a governor and you don’t have any power to appoint any member of your cabinet and someone will be telling the governor what he will collect from the revenue is a mutiny.”
Sara-Igbe, alleged that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike was attempting to control Rivers State from Abuja where he was serving as Minister.
“Rivers State belongs to all of us and it does not belong to one man. You have looted enough and you are not satisfied after you left. You want to control Abuja, you want to control Rivers State and the Governor is still loyal but you don’t want to give him little space.
“You want to cut-off his neck. He has gone beyond his boundaries and so the Rivers people should get up. Rivers people voted for Sim Fubara, as governor, not Wike.
“Wike was brought by Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, they made him governor, they did not dictate for him. They did not force him to bring Rivers money to them, so why should he ask somebody because he assisted him.”
