A JOINT PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY HABITAT PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
(HAPSDI) AND AFRIK NEXT-GEN INITIATIVE (ANGI) ON THE POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN RIVERS STATE.

1. The Habitat Protection and Sustainable Development Initiative (HAPSDI) has uncovered with great concerns plans by the FCT Minister Chief Nyesom Wike and the former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Martins Amaewhule to cause chaos in the state and make the State ungovernable and unstable for His Excellency, Gov. Sim Fubara and the people of Rivers State, using the instrumentality of the judiciary.

2. It would be recalled that a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt in a suit under the hands of Justice Phoebe M. Ayua had affirmed the removal of Hon. Martin Amaewhule as Speaker of the State House of Assembly in an Order dated 9th November 2023, wherein the court directed that “…all parties on record respect the court and should not take any steps towards the subject matter, since the matter is already before this Court-sub judice- pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice”.

3. That the former speaker, Hon. Martin Amaewhule on the instructions of the FCT Minister, after forum shopping for Courts and Judges, obtained a nocturnal order in fragrant disregard to the Order of Court, from a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, there by tempering with the res in the earlier suit filed in Port Harcourt.

4. That the former Speaker had no locus to institute the said matter as he has been impeached and his impeachment affirmed by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt as Speaker of the House of Assembly.

5. That we are aware for a fact that the current Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly is Rt. Hon. Ehie Ogerenye Edison.

6. That in continued fragrant disregard to the Courts, Hon. Martin Amaewhule defied the Order of the Federal High Court and held a kangaroo sitting with false attendance in Port Harcourt, thereby making mockery of the Court Orders.

7. That the FCT Minister Chief Nyesom Wike in disobedience to the instructions of the President has continued to orchestrate sinister plans against the Governor of the State and Rivers people.

8. That the FCT Minister recently bribed members of the House of Assembly loyal to him with 230 million naira, through the former Speaker to continue to hit up the polity and make the State ungovernable for Gov. Sim and Rivers people.

9. That as a pro-people organization we are saddened by this reality before us and we make the following demands and calls;

a) That the National Judicial Council and the Chief Justice of the Federation should call judges to order, not to allow themselves to be used by the FCT Minister and the former Speaker to cause chaos and instability in Rivers State, by handing them conflicting orders against the interest of the State and justice.

b) That President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should call the FCT Minister to order as his recent actions is geared towards making the administration of President Tinubu unstable and unpopular, especially within Rivers State.

c) That the continuous heating of the state polity by these actors would only put the state in jeopardy and less progress.

d) That the Minister of the FCT should focus on his ministerial duties and allow the Governor of Rivers State to work for Rivers people.

Finally, Rivers State is not the personal estate of the FCT Minister or anybody and Rivers State cannot be a conquered territory. The people of Rivers State would continue to decide what happens in the State not a single individual.

Thank you.

Comrade Chetam Thierry Nwala, Esq
Executive Secretary
Afrik Next-Gen Initiatives

Amb. John Telema Jonah
HAPSI


Blue Rivers Media

Wike

The Edison should stop hiding behind Fubara to instigate crisis between the governor and the minister because he wants to be speaker.
Fubara should know the Ehie too is eyeing that his seat.The governor is just allowing them use his head?

Wike has always been on the wrong side of history in Rivers state