No way to resolve our conflict — Fubara on relationship with Wike
The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has disclosed that there is no way to resolve amicably his disagreement with his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Governor made this known while identifying the various steps he has allegedly taken to resolve the disagreement.
Speaking while swearing in Mr Dagogo Iboroma, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as the new Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of the State at Government House in Port Harcourt, Fubara said that though he thought the political crisis he considered as problem within a family would have been resolved but regretted that there had been no headway out of it.
Fubara said though it was unfortunate,his administration has moved forward because there is now a well-constituted State House of Assembly to discharge legislative duties, and a seasoned lawyer appointed as the Attorney-General of the State.
“I am happy that this is happening today to mark the beginning of a new era in our administration.
“When I said that I had a reason for being patient, it is because I know that we are all from one family. And if we have a disagreement, no matter how bad it is, it should be resolved amicably.
“But it has become very clear that this disagreement, there is no way to resolve it amicably. And for a lot of reasons, there is visible evidence that there is sabotage, deliberate attempt to sabotage this administration.
“For that reason, we have to move forward. And, moving forward, if it means taking decisions that are going to hurt anybody, we are not going back on the protection of the interest of Rivers people.”
The Governor further stated that the state government would set up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate how the affairs of governance were conducted in the State before he assumed office.
The Governor told Iboroma that he chose to bring him in as the Attorney-General at this time, noting that the moment was critical in the governance of the state.
He stressed that the state at the time has a lot of legal matters that need to be tackled with bravery and courage, pleading that the new attorney general should not fail the state.
Fubara said, “So, my brother, Dagogo Iboroma, you are going to be the brand-new Attorney-General of our dear State. SSG, give him his letter, he is the Attorney-General.
“Why are we bringing you at this very critical time? We have a lot of issues around us. We believe that you are not going to be the one that when they send service to you, you go and file ‘nolle prosequi’ or you go and file one thing that would kill us here.
“Let me also say this, you have a big task. We will be setting up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the affairs of governance. So, brace up, I am not going back on it.
“Please, defend us. We know that you are going to defend us because your record is clean. You are a gentleman and peaceful. You are not a noise maker. People like you are endowed, and they have the fear of God.”
Fubara further took the former Attorney-General, Prof. Zaccheaus Adangor, to the cleaners, stating that he indulged in sabotaging the same administration he was serving.
“It is good that you were already a SAN before your appointment. This means that you’re a very thorough lawyer and have earned your appointment. Not like the one we had here, who while in office, they went to pay money to get SAN. When you become a SAN, the only thing you will do is to sabotage the government.
“Instead of you closing your mouth, you go publicly to claim that you are a learned person. But go publicly to tell people that you were the Chief Law Officer.
“Chief Law Officer? You were here and you went to stand before a magistrate court. At that time, you didn’t remember that you were a Chief Law Officer, going against the ethics of your job. Like I said, you will get your reward, not in the next world, but in this world.”
