A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against taking side or dabbling into the political crisis in Rivers and Ondo state.
In Rivers, there have been a cold war between the former governor Nyesom Wike and the incumbent governor Siminalayi Fubara.
While in Ondo, it took the intervention of teg President before ailing governor Rotimi Akeredu transferred power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Nabena in a statement issued Wednesday said the President and the ruling APC must respect the constitution of Nigeria in respect to Ondo and Rivers State.
He stressed that President Tinubu who believes in the political or social equality of all people and practices the principle of equality of rights must not play politics with River and Ondo states.
Nabena added: “President Bola Tinubu must not play politics with the two states. He must show that he is a democrat and not a dictator.
“The constitution of our nation must be recognised and respected at this time in Rivers and Ondo states.
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) should also look into the party constitution carefully, bearing in mind that the National Working Committee of our party does not have powers to dissolve an elected chairman and his executive in Rivers.
“We are democrats and not dictators in APC, so we should be mindful of our actions. The implications of this action in River state might be dangerous for our party in the near future if the right thing is not done quickly now, if not, what happened before in 2019 will happen again with litigations here and there,” Nabena warned.
