Yoruba Group Accuses Nyesom Wike Of Disrespecting President Tinubu By Upsetting Rivers Peace Accord

<h4>Yoruba Group Accuses Nyesom Wike<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;23912" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-23912" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-23912" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;02&sol;Tinubu-300x170&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Yoruba Group Accuses Nyesom Wike Of Disrespecting President Tinubu By Upsetting Rivers Peace Accord" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"170" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-23912" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Tinubu wants peace in Rivers State<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Oduduwa Youths Initiative &lpar;OYI&rpar; has rebuked the Federal Capital Territory Minister&comma; Nyesom Wike&comma; for disrespecting President Bola Tinubu by breaching the Peace Accord initiated by the President&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement signed by its leader&comma; Otunba Gbenga Ojo&comma; the youths said it is against the culture of the Yoruba people to disrespect elders and authorities in government like Wike has done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In December&comma; Governor Siminalayi Fubara signed an agreement with his predecessor to end the political crisis in Rivers State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An eight-point peace deal was brokered by President Tinubu and other stakeholders at a crucial meeting in the Presidential Villa&comma; Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the FCT Minister and his lieutenants have sustained attacks on the Governor&comma; particularly through the state assembly members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Ojo&comma; the members&comma; led by Martin Amaewhule have made several futile attempts to destabilise the government of Fubara&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;16592" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-16592" style&equals;"width&colon; 246px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-16592" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;Wike-443x540-1-246x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Yoruba Group Accuses Nyesom Wike Of Disrespecting President Tinubu By Upsetting Rivers Peace Accord" width&equals;"246" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-16592" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Nyesom Wike&comma;accused of disrespecting Tinubu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>He said the lawmakers have continued to make life difficult for Governor Fubara by vetoing him&comma; amending and enacting laws without his assent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Ojo noted that the recent threat by the 27 lawmakers to resume impeachment proceedings against the Governor lends credence to the deepening crisis between the two parties&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Oduduwa youths also slammed Wike for his continuous public outbursts&comma; ruling out the possibility of any reconciliation with Fubara&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But on his part&comma; the group said Fubara implemented the agreements&comma; including the re-appointment of the nine pro-Wike commissioners who resigned their positions in the heat of the crisis and payment of the withheld entitlements of the lawmakers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Oduduwa Youths Initiative&comma; therefore&comma; called on Wike to apologise for the level of disdain and disregard for the office of the President&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ojo warned that failure to do so would attract protests across the country by Yoruba youths to demand his sack as Minister&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have followed the political crisis in Rivers State and the swift intervention by President Tinubu to end further hostilities&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ojo said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;However&comma; we have been surprised that the peace accord has not been implemented by the FCT Minister who appears to have thrown caution to the wind in his conduct&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;For months now Amaewhule and his cohorts have been entangled in unconstitutionality&comma; in their selfish bid to destablise the administration of Governor Fubara and satisfy the whims and caprices of Wike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In January&comma; the lawmakers overrode the decision of the governor not to approve four bills earlier passed by the assembly&period; The governor had withheld his assent rightly stating that such amendments would create confusion and breach constituted laws&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rivers House recently again overrode the decision of Fubara not to assent to some bills&period; They even resumed impeachment proceedings against the Governor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We are not surprised though because Wike has consistently made careless remarks undermining the President&period; He has been very heedless and uncult&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Therefore&comma; we are giving the FCT Minister 24 hours to apologise for disrespecting the President&period; Failure to do so would attract massive protests across the country calling for his sack&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;