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<p>Gabriel Tomoni’s recent broadcast attacking the Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress (RIPCO) is not only disappointing, it is deeply misdirected, emotional, and constitutionally hollow.<br />
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<p>We spoke from history, from facts, and from a deep understanding of political reality; three things that cannot be replaced by ethnic chest-beating.<br />
Let us be clear from the outset:</p>
<p>Nyesom Wike is not an enemy of the Ijaw Nation. Any attempt by the INC or IYC to frame him as such is intellectually dishonest and historically false.</p>
<p>ð¶ð ð¾ððð ð¨ðð
ð°ððð ð°ðððððððð &#8211; ððððð, ðµðð ðºðððððððð</p>
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<p>Since becoming Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has facilitated over 20 federal appointments for Ijaw sons and daughters; the highest concentration of Ijaw federal appointments within a single political season in our history.</p>
<p>This is not propaganda. These appointments are verifiable in public records across federal boards, agencies, commissions, and ministerial structures.<br />
For the avoidance of doubt:</p>
<p>Even during the presidency of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the Ijaw Nation did not record this volume of strategic federal placements.</p>
<p>Influence in Nigerian politics is measured by access, appointments, and leverage, not by slogans and street rhetoric.</p>
<p>ð¾ððð ð¾ððð ð¾ðð ð®ððððððð, ð¾ðð ð©ðððððððð
?</p>
<p>As Governor of Rivers State, Wike deliberately zoned virtually all critical power blocs of government to Ijaw interests, including:</p>
<p>&#8211; Key security-sensitive offices<br />
&#8211; Revenue and infrastructure-driven ministries<br />
&#8211; Strategic political and administrative appointments<br />
&#8211; This was not accidental. It was intentional inclusion.</p>
<p>Yet today, the same man is being branded an “enemy” by those who benefited most from his decisions.</p>
<p>&#8211; That is not activism.<br />
&#8211; That is political amnesia.</p>
<p>ð»ðð 24-ðððð ð®ððððððððððð ð«ðððððð; ð¾ðð ððððð
ð°ð?</p>
<p>Let history speak plainly.</p>
<p>After Dr. Peter Odili, Ijaws endured a 24-year governorship drought in Rivers State, dominated largely by Ikwere political succession.</p>
<p>Even Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, despite being Ijaw, and married to an Ijaw woman, could not produce an Ijaw Governor in Rivers State.</p>
<p>Why?<br />
Because at critical moments, Ijaw political elites (Jonathan&#8217;s) abandoned their own credible sons, including:</p>
<p>&#8211; Abiye Sekibo<br />
&#8211; George Sekibo<br />
&#8211; Sampson Parker<br />
&#8211; Tammy Danagogo<br />
and others</p>
<p>They were abandoned not because they lacked competence, but because political pragmatism &#8211; not ethnic sentiment &#8211; favoured Wike as the only man capable of dismantling the Amaechi succession machine.</p>
<p>Those same Ijaw elites (Jonathan&#8217;s) rallied behind Wike, because they knew power respects capacity, not ancestry.</p>
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<p>ð¯ðð ðºðð ðððððð ð©ððððð ð®ððððððð, ð³ðð ð¼ð ðµðð ð³ðð ð»ð ð¶ðððððððð</p>
<p>It was Nyesom Wike &#8211; not the IYC, not the INC &#8211; that personally took responsibility to produce an Ijaw Governor in Siminalayi Fubara after 24 years of exclusion.</p>
<p>He had other viable options:<br />
&#8211; Ogoni<br />
&#8211; Ikwere<br />
Yet he chose Ijaw.</p>
<p>That decision restructured Rivers politics permanently.</p>
<p>Three months into office, however, Governor Fubara turned against the very political structure that brought him to power.</p>
<p>Call it independence if you like &#8211; but rebellion without constitutional discipline is recklessness.</p>
<p>ðªððððððððððð ð¨ðððð ð¬ðððððððð</p>
<p>This is where Gabriel Tomoni and his allies have failed the Ijaw Nation.</p>
<p>The Rivers crisis is no longer about Wike vs Fubara.<br />
&#8211; It is about law vs impunity.<br />
&#8211; The Supreme Court has ruled.<br />
&#8211; The Constitution is clear.<br />
&#8211; A Governor cannot lawfully spend public funds without presenting a budget.<br />
&#8211; Persistent refusal constitutes gross misconduct.</p>
<p>Instead of mediating and calling their “son” to order, the INC and IYC chose ethnic bias over constitutional responsibility &#8211; openly cheering actions that undermine the rule of law.</p>
<p>&#8211; That is dangerous precedent.<br />
&#8211; Today it favours an Ijaw man.<br />
&#8211; Tomorrow it will destroy an Ijaw administration.</p>
<p>ð¶ð ð°ðððððððððð &#8211; ð©ðððð ð»ðð ðªðððð, ðµðð ð»ðð ð·ðððððð</p>
<p>If the Rivers State House of Assembly is moving toward impeachment, it is not because Fubara is Ijaw.</p>
<p>It is because:<br />
&#8211; Court judgments are being ignored<br />
&#8211; Legislative authority is being undermined<br />
&#8211; Public funds are being spent outside constitutional limits</p>
<p>* No ethnic organization should defend illegality.<br />
* Ijaw dignity is not protected by lawlessness.</p>
<p>ð¾ðð ð¹ð°ð·ðªð¶ ð»ððð ð°ðð ðºððððð</p>
<p>Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress has a simple, principled position:<br />
&#8211; Yes, Fubara is our son.<br />
&#8211; But the Constitution is superior to bloodlines.<br />
&#8211; Wike stood by the law, the Assembly, and institutional order.<br />
&#8211; We owe gratitude, not war, to the man who restored Ijaw relevance in Rivers politics.</p>
<p>• Politics is memory.<br />
• Politics is reciprocity.<br />
• Politics punishes ingratitude.</p>
<p>If the Ijaw Nation is seen as hostile to allies after benefiting from them, other ethnic blocs will think twice before supporting an Ijaw cause in the future.</p>
<p>ð¨ ð¾ððð
ð»ð ð®ðððððð ð»ððððð</p>
<p>Gabriel Tomoni should redirect his courage.<br />
Instead of attacking RIPCO, he should:</p>
<p>• Admonish Governor Fubara to obey court judgments<br />
• Demand constitutional compliance<br />
• Call for reconciliation, not escalation<br />
• Defend the rule of law, not selective ethnicity<br />
• That is leadership.</p>
<p>ððððð ð¸ððððððð ð»ð ð»ðð ð°ððª/ð°ðµðª</p>
<p>In three years, what tangible political capital has Governor Fubara delivered to the Ijaw Nation &#8211; locally or nationally?<br />
Now compare that to:</p>
<p>&#8211; What Wike did in his first tenure as Governor<br />
&#8211; What he is still doing today as FCT Minister<br />
&#8211; Then answer honestly:</p>
<p>Who has truly proven himself a son of the Ijaw Nation &#8211; even if adopted?</p>
<p>ð³ðð ð´ð ð¬ðððððð ð»ðð ð»ðð ðð ð´ð ð·ðð ð¾ððð ð»ðððð ð¾ððð
ð:</p>
<p>RIPCO stands firm.<br />
We choose:</p>
<p>• Law over lawlessness<br />
• Strategy over sentiment<br />
• Gratitude over ingratitude<br />
• The future of the Ijaw Nation over temporary emotional applause<br />
• Wisdom is knowing when to fight and when not to destroy the ladder that lifted you.</p>
<p>• Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress is on the right side of history.</p>
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