Former Oyo State governor and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, has said the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State was to save governor Siminalayi Fubara from Impeachment and ensure relative peace in the state.
Oba Ladoja stated this while speaking with journalists at his private residence in Ondo Street, Bodija, Ibadan, after Eid-el-Fitri prayer, saying the emergency rule was a wise decision by President Tinubu to douse tension and restore normalcy in Rivers State.
The emergency rule declared by the President in Rivers is a welcomed development if that is what will restore peace back to the state.”
The former governor said the six month window was a veritable time for elders in Rivers State to mediate between governor Fubara and the predecessor who is the FCT minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike in order to eliminate the all disputes among the parties
He advised the suspended Governor Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to come together and resolve their differences if their intention was actually to serve the state.
Some of them have approached the court; even the PDP governors had gone to the Supreme Court. The judgment will be faster. So, whatever the court says will bind both parties,”
Oba Ladoja, who share similarity of his experience as an impeached governor and later restored after ten months, urged the suspended governor to conduct himself peacefully so as to regain his seat.
