Edwin Clark, leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has asked inspector-general of police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to arrest Nyesom Wike, minister of federal capital territory (FCT), over his recent threat to PDP Governors.
Gatekeepers News reports that Wike had during a congress of PDP in Rivers state last month, said he would put fire in states of PDP Governors siding with Siminalayi Fubara, the Governors.
Recall that Wike and Siminalayi have been at loggerheads over issues concerning Rivers, thereby creating two factions in the Rivers House of Assembly — with each camp electing a speaker loyal to the minister and Governor.
Clark on Thursday asked for Wike’s arrest through an open letter addressed to Egbetokun entitled ‘Arrest Wike Now With a Warrant of Arrest’.
The elder statesman said Wike “has gone overboard in his macabre dance”.
He said, “As we lawyers say, nobody is above the law and the law must take its course.”
“If you could in the past arrest Omoyele Sowore for similar or less implicating threats against public peace and public officials, if you are right now leading prosecution in law courts against people who participated in ‘End Bad Governance’ protest, what are you waiting to act in this case of Wike?”
“My dear IG, at well over 97 years of age, and having held various positions in government including being a Minister over 50 years ago, I am shocked that a public officer who is an appointee of a serving President can descend to this level.”
“When we worked under Gen. Yakubu Gowon, GCFR, in the Federal Executive Council, the code of conduct which we were expected to keep especially as it pertained to being instruments of public order was at the highest level.”
“There is nothing that Wike has not done in his attempt to sabotage the government of Siminalayi Fubara and install the former speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, his brother, as Governor.”
“But all have failed.”
Clark added that Wike shouldn’t be allowed to change the rules of PDP arbitrarily because of his feud with Fubara who is PDP leader in Rivers.
