Rivers State Has Been Stagnant Since Governor Fubara And Wike Started Fighting – Tonye Cole

Ex-Rivers governorship candidate, Tonye Cole has come out to say that the people of the state are the biggest losers in the ongoing political crisis in the South South State.

He recently had his say during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the people stand to lose the most amid the battle because since the struggle for supremacy between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike, Rivers State has been stagnant.

He added that it is sad to see how indigenes do not matter in the equation that is being played out currently.

His words, “As it stands right now, the people of Rivers do not matter in the equation that is being played out.

If the interests of Rivers people were on the table, we would not even be where we are today. This entire fight is political, and it has to do with a very small political family.

As we speak today, there is no development. The political battle is affecting the poor man on the street.

The governor finds himself in a very precarious political situation. Of course, by presenting the budget back to that assembly, what this means is that the assembly led by Martins Amaewhule is recognised as the legal assembly.

Once that happens, he has to now navigate a possible impeachment issue.

We have a state where the governor is PDP, the house of assembly based on the court case is APC, and you have a local government structure that is APP. So, you have three different parties running the state.”