Former deputy national publicity secretary of the All-Progressives Congress, Timi Frank has called on the Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike and the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, to resign from their position over their role in the River State political logjam.
Mr. Timi Frank who was speaking in a statement Tuesday also described the intervention of President Bola Tinubu as halfhearted, biased and skewed in favour of Wike. He accused Tinubu of encourage Wike’s rogue activities in Rivers State.
“No sooner did the IGP ordered the withdrawal of policemen from the council secretariats than the hoodlums descended on them without any action on the part of the Force to prevent or bring the orgy of violence under control,’ Timi Frank said in the statement.
“Wike has been boasting that he has the president’s blessings to do and undo in Rivers State as well as carry out any action aimed at destabilizing Governor Fubara’s administration and make the entire state ungovernable, and he has done it.
“Wike equally vowed to set fire on any state opposed to him and he has commenced by setting Rivers State ablaze. Yet President Tinubu and the relevant security agencies have not deemed it necessary to call Wike to order or invite him for questioning, simply because their grand conspiracy and plot to use the oil rich state to win the 2027 presidential election.
“It is highly unfortunate that the president is being perceived as tacitly encouraging his minister to cause mayhem in Rivers State because he thinks it will benefit him in the 2027 presidential election, but this must stop.
“Enough is enough. Wike and the Inspector General of Police must go. They must be held accountable for this arson. The perpetrators must be arrested and brought to justice.”
He remined Tinubu to adhere to the oath he swore to defend the Nigerian constitution.
“President Tinubu must for once act as the Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and not the commander-in-chief of the All-Progressives Congress and political stooges,” he said.
