Erstwhile Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has advised the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to sustain the tempo of his reconciliatory efforts with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and shun those he described as merchants of crisis.
In a statement on Tuesday, Eradiri commended Gov. Fubara for heeding his earlier advice that he should kneel before his estranged benefactor and predecessor, Wike and beg him for forgiveness.
He recalled that when he advised Gov. Fubara to beg Wike for forgiveness, some Ijaw leaders opposed his position, but said he was glad the suspended governor saw the wisdom in the advice
Eradiri, a former president of the Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide, said amid the ongoing reconciliation, Gov. Fubara must learn to keep enemies of Rivers State that once surrounded him in abeyance.
According to him, all those who tried to make an ethnic case out of the crisis and others, who choreographed most political mistakes of Gov. Fubara and supervised some of his constitutional breaches without guiding him properly are the enemies of Rivers and the suspended governor.
Eradiri, who said most of the people, who claimed to love the governor and offered him pieces of advice, were his real enemies because they were profiting from the crisis and would not want it to end.
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He urged the suspended governor to re-establish his relationship with Wike and heed the directives of President Bola Tinubu in the process of finding lasting political calm in Rivers.
He said if Gov. Fubara had been allowed by crisis merchants to implement the earlier peace agreement crafted by President Tinubu, he would have avoided the political turmoil that almost led to his impeachment.
“Thank God that President Tinubu saved you through the declaration of emergency rule. This opportunity has offered you a second chance, please do not bungle it.
“I was happy that you heeded my advice, got up from your comfort zone, and initiated the reconciliation by first meeting with Wike and apologizing to him. You have done well. But you need to follow up on this process.
“First, make yourself unreachable to those who will come and slow this process down and feed you with unsolicited advice to abort this reconciliation,” he warned.
Eradiri appealed to the governor to rein in his supporters and stop them from actions that are capable of derailing the reconciliation process.
He appealed to Wike, the suspended members of the state House of Assembly and other stakeholders in the minister’s camp to forgive Gov. Fubara and help facilitate the process of reconciliation.
