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Fubara caused Rivers violence by disregarding court order – Wike

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday blamed the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the crisis in the state.

The minister, who featured in a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, said the governor caused violence in the state for defying a court order stopping last weekend’s local government election in the state.

The former Rivers State governor spoke just 24 hours after Fubara appealed to him to allow peace to reign in the oil-rich state.

Suspected political thugs on Monday set ablaze the secretariats of Eleme and Ikwerre local government areas of the state.

This followed the inauguration of new council chairmen by Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Sunday.

Heavy gunfire was also reported in some parts of the state on Sunday as tension grips the state over the election.

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In the programme, Wike insisted that his estranged political godson’s refusal to obey the court order led to the breakdown of law and order in the state.

He said: “I was a governor, I have always obeyed the rule of law. You heard the governor say that our state is turning into a state of anarchy where people do not obey the rule of law.

“You must obey the judgment of the court. You must not take the law into your own hands. The moment you don’t obey court judgment, you are inviting anarchy, you are inviting violence.”

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