A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, Dr Garus Gololo, has allegedly faulted Delta elder statesman, Edwin Clark, for instigating the political crisis in Rivers State.
The party chieftain expressed disappointment with the elder statesman via a press chat with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja.
He frowned at the Ijaw leader for demanding that the crisis continue despite Tinubu’s intervention.
The APC chieftain argued that the crisis would have plunged the state into a state of emergency declaration and subsequently led to the death of democracy.
He maintained that Tinubu was not just the president of the ruling party but also Nigeria.
Gololo said, “I respect Chief Edwin Clark so much, I regard him as a father, but I was disappointed at his call for continued crises in Rivers State more especially when the president has waded into the matter.
“I thought at his level he should be calling for peace meetings between the warring parties and also commend efforts put in ameliorating it. But he did none rather he chose to take on Mr President waded in and called both parties to order. We all know that Rivers State is a volatile area as far as politics is concerned, so the approach to settle this matter must be a technical one, not the way everyone wants it. Again, people like Edwin Clark should know that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not the President of APC, but the President of Nigeria, which Rivers State is an integral part of and does not want to declare emergency rule in the State and we should know also that peace is what Nigerians want across all states of the Federation.”
He urged Clark to start speaking for the benefit of his people not to feather his nest.
