A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has condemned the ruling of a Federal High Court seizing the monthly allocations accruing to Rivers State, describing it as a sinister plot to sack Governor Siminalayi Fubara from office.
Frank in a statement described the court decision as one of the scripts to either force Fubara to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) or be removed from office.
He also called on the international community to wade in the crisis by prevailing on the President to stop his plot to remove Fubara or compel him to join the APC.
Frank fears that the operations of International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta region would be affected should a crisis engulf the region.
“This is why the President has remained mute despite the gross violation of the constitution by the courts and police in Rivers state all this while.
“The President is angry that Fubara disrespected him by refusing to join the APC because the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has convinced him that he cannot win presidential election in Rivers State in 2027 with Fubara in charge,” Frank said.
According to the Bayelsa-born political activist, Wike is the proxy fighting Fubara on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“Already all security agencies and Federal Government institutions are against Fubara because they have been directed to ensure that Fubara succumbs to the President’s wishes or be removed.
“This is the only reason why Justice Joyce Abdulmalik can make an unconstitutional order concerning statutory allocations to Rivers without fear of consequences but the consequences will be dire,” he said.
Frank, however, warned the President to steer clear of Rivers State as any attempt to touch the funds legally accruing to the state or to force Fubara out of office will be resisted by the people of the state and the entire Niger Delta region.
“There will definitely be consequences for any illegal action aimed at destabilising Rivers State or intimidating, persecuting and removing Fubara from office. Rivers’ people and the Niger Delta will resist it to the extent that the entire country will feel the impact as the President will not be able to quell the unimaginable uprising that will result from the action”, he said.
He called on Fubara to remain steadfast in standing for the people and defending the sovereignty of Rivers state saying the people are solidly behind him.
“A stitch in time saves nine. Let the international community step in now before the crisis boils over. The IOCs definitely need peace to carry out their operations in the region”, he said.
Besides, Frank who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, described the unconstitutional ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja seizing the allocations of Rivers State as a severe affront on democracy and the rule of law in Nigeria and urged the people to resist it.
He called on Nigerians to hold Tinubu responsible for any harm that befalls Fubara and the people of Rivers State as his goons beset the state.