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Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, has denounced a Federal High Court ruling that freezes Rivers State's monthly allocations, labeling it a "sinister plot" to oust Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
He claims this decision aims to coerce Fubara into joining the APC or face removal from office.
Frank argues that President Tinubu's discontent arises from Fubara's refusal to align with the APC, warning that any destabilization of Rivers could jeopardize International Oil Companies' operations in the Niger Delta and urging international intervention to prevent escalating tensions.
He also called on the international community to wade in the crisis by prevailing on the President to stop what he alleges as the president’s 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 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 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 off 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.
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