Tinubu’s resolution smokescreen for APC takeover of Rivers – Ex governor, Lamido

• He asked governor Sim Fubara to discard the document and its terms, adding that the conditions and circumstances under which the signing of the peace accord took place were anathema to conflict resolution

Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political crisis rocking Rivers state is aimed at consolidating the standing and position of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

In a statement yesterday, Lamido said Tinubu did not broker peace in Rivers State but used his office to boost his party’s fortunes.

He asked governor Sim Fubara to discard the document and its terms, adding that the conditions and circumstances under which the signing of the peace accord took place were anathema to conflict resolution

“What President Tinubu did in the so-called peace meeting is not brokering peace in Rivers State, but using his office to enhance the fortunes of his political party.

“There are many areas yearning for peace in the country where President Tinubu’s political expertise, sagacity and wisdom are needed. What skills has he applied to stop the killings of citizens in Nigeria, which is his primary responsibility, which he has conveniently looked away?

“Unwittingly, the so-called peace accord in Rivers only planted the mines, which will definitely explode in the not-too-distant future, with collateral consequences on the entire country. Asari Mujaheed Tokubo and Chief Edwin Clark have alluded to this last week.”

“More to the eternal shame of PDP NWC that a tribal voice of Ijaws through Chief Edwin Clark’s press conference has to be deployed to challenge the illegality and unconstitutionality of the peace accord.

“Like Chief Clark said in the press conference, if Tinubu, as the then governor of Lagos, could stand up and fight President Obasanjo’s awesome power and personality and endure to overcome, can’t PDP do likewise?”

Lamido also gave advice to the Rivers State governor, saying: “To Governor Fubara of Rivers State, the document you signed was under an environment not friendly to real conflict resolution, and it was presided over by the force of fear, intimidation and blackmail. Therefore, shred the document and toss it into trash can.

“Governor Fubara may wish to know that President Tinubu, who chaired the meeting, was running with the deer and hunting with hound!”