The Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Monday lambasted Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State over the demolition of the Rivers House of Assembly Complex in the course of the power tussle between him (Fubara) and his predecessor Nelson Wike, describing Fubara’s action as a desecration of democracy.
Penpushing reports that sources disclosed that the tongue-lash on Fubara was during a peace meeting between the duo held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which was chaired by the President
The sources added that the President was very angry with the Governor stressing that he (Tinubu) has fought for democracy all his life and that he could not imagine a Governor demolishing a symbol of democracy like the House of Assembly.
Penpushing further reports that the sources added that the President said the action of Furaba was wiping out history, not allowing anything to be taken away from there, just destroying it and everything, recalling that when he was Lagos State Governor the state assembly once stood up to him, but that he simply respected them and met them halfway in their demands.
The President was equally quoted saying at the meeting that at a point in Lagos State he had a problem with someone, apparently referring to his political disagreement with the then Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and how he stopped him (Ambode) from getting re-elected.
Penpushing also reports that the sources added that the president explained at the meeting that he did not take the laws into his hands, but that he waited till election season for the renewal of mandate, just as he told all the parties in the crisis to maintain peace and not to take any action that is outside the realms of the country’s law.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, a former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, and the chairpersons of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers were at the Monday’s peace meeting which was the second to be mediated by the president in less than two months.
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