Former Special Adviser to Ex-Rivers Governor and FCT minister Nyesom Wike, Opunabo inko-Tariah, has said that most elders in Rivers State are compromised.
In an interview with ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, Inko-Tariah also said the compromised elders have sold their dignity, age and pride for money.
“It is very unfortunate that our state is seared with egocentricity which is the problem we are having in the state and so it is long overdue now because we are talking of integrity tests now.
“I can tell you that most elders in Rivers State are compromised and I am very sorry to say that. I would not want to mention names, it would not be too fair to mention names but maybe we will at the appropriate time. I’m very close to most of them but most of them have been compromised. They have sold their dignity, their age, their pride for pottage, for money.”
He also called on president Tinubu to intervene in the crisis rocking Rivers State and also to call Wike to order in order to extricate himself of the claim that he is backing the FCT Minister.
“But having said this, some of us are greatly pained that the former governor who is now the FCT minister is fully involved in the whole crisis, in fact, he orchestrated it and that is because he wants a situation where the state governor will forever be subservient to him.
“But let me quickly also state this that we expected that before now, Mr. President, who is the father of the nation, ought to have intervened in this matter. He shouldn’t be seen to be biased, he shouldn’t be seen to be partisan because we have the feeling and many people will also have the feeling too, that Wike is having the conscience to do what he is doing simply because he is the minister of the federal capital territory and has the backing of Mr. President and if Mr. President wants to correct that impression, he has to call Wike to order, even if it means dismissing him, then let him dismiss him to exonerate himself from all these saga because it is very embarrassing.”
Further speaking on the current demolition of the state house of assembly, the civil rights advocate stated that after the burning of the complex, the demolition is an opportunity to repair the damage done.
“After the burning of the hallowed chambers, I don’t think any other repair work was done there and Governor Fubara in his wisdom must have felt that this is also another opportunity to repair the damage that has been done and also give the state a befitting legislative house. I’ve not talked with him but I believe that this is probably his thinking.
“If you talk of the demolition, well, they have to demolish. He must have gotten advice from some engineers; those who are experts in the field and must have acted in reliance upon their advice.”
Chioma Kalu
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