Human rights lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam, has opined that with the suspension and reinstatement of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, without contesting it legally, he has become a puppet to the powers that be.
Naijaonpoint recalls the President had on Wednesday ended the emergency rule in Rivers and reinstated Fubara as Governor of the oil-rich state.
In an interview with Daily Post, Idam stated that Tinubu’s actions had shown dictatorship and not democracy.
According to him, Fubara had been decimated with his suspension and reinstatement by President Tinubu.
The lawyer also stated that Tinubu failed to address the situation that led to Fubara’s suspension and the claims of insecurity in the state, which clearly show that there was no security crisis in the state.
He said: “The hatchet job has been done; the intention of Mr. President and his surrogate has been accomplished, so the idea of reinstating Fubara is something that has become a necessity for them.
“The man has been decimated, neutralized, which was the only fear.
“The President has not addressed the security situation in Rivers State. One would have expected that there would be a statement saying normalcy has returned because that was the issue and idea behind declaring the state of emergency in the first place; it was declared to return normalcy.
“Now Mr. President forgot to tell the public that the essence has been achieved, which is that of normalcy, and this is to tell you that there was no security crisis in the first place.
“It was a political interest clash between Wike and Fubara, being that Fubara has been conquered and Mr. President’s interest through Wike has been established in Rivers. So they now forgot to tell the people while continuing to hide under that cloak that there is a crisis in Rivers State to order the reinstatement of Fubara.
“I do not envy the governor; he has shown his crass desperation in politics, a crass ambition to continue to hold power. Otherwise, he was expected to have relinquished power. What is he looking for?
“For the interest of our democracy, good governance, rule of law, and if not anything else say, look, a law has been abused. A sacred part of the constitution has been abused. Must he be the governor whose posterity at least reckons with him by the time all of us are no longer around, that there was a governor that they threatened, and he said no, I can no longer continue to take it?
“Fubara will be a puppet, and he will just be there; in fact, a local government chairman will be better than him. There is no need if the essence is to take charge of administration and deliver good governance independent of any external influence.
“I can tell you that Fubara has lost it. There will be no sauce in Rivers State; in fact, it’s as good as accepting to be a commissioner in Rivers State as it stands now.
“So, Fubara is just there as a mere appendage of Wike. Fubara is not even worthy of a deputy governor because the influence has become more overwhelming than what it should have been if there was no issue between him and Wike.”