Wike working to prolong emergency rule in Rivers State, Fubara’s commissioner alleges

A commissioner in governor Siminalayi Fubara’s suspended government, Chisom Gbali has accused Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike of working behind the scenes to prolong the state of emergency declared in Rivers State.
Mr. Ghali who is the commissioner for youth was speaking Monday during an interview on Arise TV. He said Wike and his allies are bent on preventing Mr. Fubura from reclaiming his mandate.
“There is a plan to extend it (referring to the emergency rule). Before the end of the six months, they want to incite problems that will make the President make another pronouncement. Of course, you know if there is any pronouncement, it calls for the end of the administration.
“The former governor, who is the FCT minister, and his cohorts — the assembly members, the local chairmen whose tenure elapsed, as it were — are the people I am talking about. Because they are not at rest with the achievement of the governor, they want to distort the administration
“In politics, there is what we call body language. You will see that if you study the body language, that is the plan — where they set aside the subsisting projects, wanting to design a budget. But you know someone that was sent to establish peace even wants to install sole administrators at the local government level,” said Mr. Ghali
Gbali further criticized President Bola Tinubu’s involvement in the crisis, arguing that national priorities are being ignored in favor of political maneuvers in Rivers State.
“All these issues are geared towards 2027, and we are so surprised that His Excellency will be meddling in this kind of matter when there are more burning issues,” he said.
He questioned the rationale behind declaring an emergency in Rivers State while other states facing dire security threats remain unaffected.
“People are dying every day in Plateau State, but there is no state of emergency. But in Rivers State, there was a declaration of emergency when we did not have anybody hurt. In Rivers State, everyone is going about their duty, and that is why everyone is calling on the President to rescind his decision,” he concluded.