A group, the Coalition of Rivers State Leaders of Thought (CORSLOT), has told President Bola Tinubu, that his appointees from the state were not representing him and what he is known for as a democrat, considering the current political situation in the state.
The group also accused the Presidency of inaction in the happenings in the state, especially the face-off between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
CORSLOT Convener, Chief Sunnie Chukwumele, who stated this while addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, further alleged that the Presidency was aligning with the former Rivers State governor against the people of the state.
Chief Chukumele also accused President Tinubu of becoming more interested in an individual than the eight million people of Rivers State.
“Our President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, your men are misrepresenting you and what we have known you to stand for as a true democrat. These men are beginning to paint you with the colour of a despot.
“This is a clarion call by the people of Rivers State for you to wake up to the responsibility of protecting the lives and property of Rivers people and residents. We should not be seen as a conquerable people. You are the father of the nation; we pray you act as such now,” Chukumele said.
He expressed the fears of the group “that the body language of the Nigerian Judiciary on the Rivers State crisis, wherein conflicting judicial pronouncements regarding matters emanating from the state, which are stoking and exacerbating the crisis has remained unaddressed by the National Judicial Council.”
He said the group was compelled to accuse the Presidency of selective amnesia and inaction after a careful analysis of the situation in Rivers State, “with a tactic support to their colleague and Minister of the FCT, Chief Nyesom Wike, to achieve his aim of state capture in order to annex and control Rivers State and her resources.
“The Presidency under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu is in sympathy and support of his Minister of the FCT against the people of Rivers State. Mr. President is more interested in an individual more than eight million citizens with not less than three million Rivers’ votes.”
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