Like a man gasping for air and struggling for survival, Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara has gone for the jugular of his tormentor-in-chief and minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike.
This is already causing panic in Wike’s camp. Fubara who was the accountant-general of the state during Wike’s tenure, is launching a full-fledged probe of the eight years reign of Wike.
The probe, announced by the governor himself, is likely to expose all the suspected financial misdeeds of the Wike government.
The probe may uncover what happened to some of the property allegedly acquired by Wike in the state. There are unconfirmed reports that Wike must have helped himself in the course of his tenure as governor.
The new attorney general and commissioner for justice, Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, will be expected to drive the processes for Wike’s probe. A can of worms may be exposed once the probe begins.
He said on Monday during the swearing-in of Iboroma that he decided to bring him into the state exco because he was a man with clean hands, who will be able to handle the probe thoroughly.
He said, “So, my brother, Dagogo Iboroma, you are going to be the brand new Attorney-General of our dear State. SSG, give him his letter, he is the Attorney-General.
“Why are we bringing you at this very critical time? We have a lot of issues around us. We believe that you are not going to be the one that when they send service to you, you go and file “nolle prosequi” or you go and file one thing that would kill us here.”
Governor Fubara further said: “Let me also say this, you have a big task. We will be setting up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the affairs of governance. So, brace up, I am not going back on it.
“Please, defend us. We know that you are going to defend us because your record is clean. You are a gentleman and peaceful. You are not a noise maker. People like you are endowed, and they have the fear of God.”
Fubara reiterated that though he thought the political crisis he considered as problem within a family would have been resolved but regretted that there had been no headway out of it.
The Governor emphasised that though it was unfortunate, his administration has moved forward because there is now a well-constituted State House of Assembly to discharge legislative duties, and a seasoned lawyer appointed as the Attorney-General of the State.
“I am happy that this is happening today to mark the beginning of a new era in our administration.
“When I said that I had a reason for being patient, it is because I know that we are all from one family. And if we have a disagreement, no matter how bad it is, it should be resolved amicably.
“But it has become very clear that this disagreement, there is no way to resolve it amicably. And for a lot of reasons, there are visible evidence that there is sabotage, deliberate attempt to sabotage this administration.
“For that reason, we have to move forward. And, moving forward, if it means taking decisions that are going to hurt anybody, we are not going back on the protection of the interest of Rivers people.”
The governor took a swipe at a former Attorney-General, Prof. Zaccheaus Adangor, who as the chief law officer of the State, indulged in sabotaging the same administration he served.
“It is good that you were already a SAN before your appointment. This means that you’re a very thorough lawyer and has earned your appointment. Not like the one we had here, who while in office, they went to pay money to get SAN. When you become a SAN, the only thing you will do is to sabotage government.
“Instead of you to close your mouth, you go publicly to claim that you are a learned person. But go publicly to tell people that you were the Chief Law Officer.
“Chief Law Officer? You were here and you went to stand before a magistrate court. At that time, you didn’t remember that you were a Chief Law Officer, going against the ethics of your job. Like I said, you will get your reward, not in the next world, but in this world.”
