Tension As Pro-Fubara Group Calls For Arrest Of Pro-Wike Lawmakers In Rivers

The People’s Congress, a pro-democracy group aligned with Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has blasted the pro-Nyesom Wike faction led by Martin Amaewhule in the state House of Assembly.

The pro-Wike lawmakers had called for the arrest of the chairmen and members of the 23 Local Government Caretaker Committees in Rivers State. The request for arrests comes in response to a recent Supreme Court ruling that granted financial autonomy to local governments and barred Governors from appointing caretaker committees. Governor Fubara had appointed these committees before the ruling.

Reacting to the call for arrest, the pro-democracy group stated that lawmakers “are calling for anarchy in the state”, urging the law enforcement agencies to ignore them.

“It’s obvious that Martin Amaewhule and his co-travellers are still brooding over the loss of their membership of the Rivers State Assembly following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

“Their call is tantamount to calling for anarchy. We urge the good officers and men of the Nigeria Police and other law enforcement agencies to disregard the call of the saboteurs pretending to be lawmakers.

“They are out to destabilise Rivers State and should be completely ignored or better still, arrested for attempting to incite anarchy in the state”, the statement added