The leader of the Ijaw Nation, Edwin Clark, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, over an alleged treasonable offence.
Recall that Mr Wike recently threatened to set states under the control of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, on fire if they interfere in crisis rocking the party in Rivers State.
The PDP governors had declared their support for Governor Sim Fubara to be the leader of the PDP in the state.
But Mr Wike warned them to stay out of the crisis between him and his predecessor.
Speaking while addressing a press conference on Thursday, Mr Clark described Mr Wike’s statement as, “flagrant disrespect to the person of President Bola Tinubu, who appointed him, and a threat to public peace.”.
“Wike has breached a number of laws, public laws, and so on. He has committed crimes, and for him to say that he will burn states belonging to PDP governors and so on, is treasonable.
“Nobody, no governor, no minister can go to that extent. It’s a breach of the constitution,” Mr Clark said.
The elder statesman said since the Federal Government had been arresting people for treason, the former Rivers State governor, too, should not be an exception.
“Is it Sowore that committed treason by saying I call for revolution in Nigeria? Where did he say it? On what grounds? What impact did it make?
“But here is a serving minister in the FRN saying he would burn the states of his colleagues, he would burn their hands, and they won’t sleep again in their houses, he would do everything to disorganise the governments of those states.
“If you could, in the past, arrest Sowore for similar or less instigating threats against public peace and public officials, if you are right now leading prosecution in the law court against people who participated in the #EndBadGovernance protests, what are you waiting for to act in the case of Wike?
“Remember that you are under oath to uphold the law as the serving Inspector General of Police, including the fact that you will not be partial,” he said.
