A Strategic Management and Human Capital Development expert, Prof. Okey Ikechukwu, has called on the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara to sheathe their swords.
Ikechukwu, asked the duo to accommodate one another in resolving the crisis plaguing the oil-rich state.
“Both parties should not strive to win, both parties should find accommodation for each other. They should find out what deal others can live with provided it serves the interests of the state,” he said.
“They should also look at so many possibilities. If any of the two parties wins comprehensively, there will be too much fire under the sea they want to sit.
“If you bury all the interest of Wike completely, there are hostile, dependent forces that will not sleep and will not allow you to sleep. If you bury all the interest of Fubara in this matter, you will have no state to govern.”
Ikechukwu commended Wike for his infrastructural drive in Abuja, calling on the former Rivers governor to make peace with his erstwhile political godson.
A drama ensued at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters on Wednesday when Governor Fubara arrived at the venue but the entrance gate locked.
The security personnel at the quarters locked the gates when the governor’s convoy arrived.
The action of the security personnel was hinged on the position that there was no official communication between the governor and the Assembly.
However, Fubara said he communicated his coming to Speaker Martins Amaewhule through a letter and tried to call him on the phone since Tuesday.
Hours later, Wike reacted to the situation, saying heaven will not fall if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly decides to impeach his successor Siminalayi Fubara.
At a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said there is nothing wrong if the lawmakers decide to sack Fubara for alleged impeachable offences including withholding their salaries for months.
“If you have committed an offence to be impeached, what’s wrong? Is it a criminal offence? It’s provided in the constitution. Am I a member of the Assembly?
“If you have committed an infraction of the constitution and the Assembly deems it fit to say, you should be impeached.
“I have heard people say: ‘Oh, if they impeach him, there will be a breakdown of law and order’. Rubbish! Nothing will happen.”
Wike said if the Amaewhule-led House wasn’t disposed to peace, the Assembly would have gone on a six-month recess after the Supreme Court verdict. He rubbished the letter written to the Assembly by Fubara, saying he should have done better.