Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has assured of implementing the recommendations of the report submitted to him by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Arson, Killings, and Wanton Destruction of Property at some local government council headquarters on or around Monday, October 7, 2024.
\nGovernor Fubara gave the assurance when the seven-member commission, led by the Chairman, Justice Ibiwengi Roseline Minakiri, submitted four volumes of reports of their investigation and recommendations to him at Government House in Port Harcourt, yesterday.
\nThe Governor declared that his administration will neither tolerate nor allow such level of violence in the State anymore because it is not profitable or productive.
\nHe said, \u201cWe are not going to be part of any system that would encourage any destruction in this State. And for that reason, we had to inaugurate this commission, so that this commission should look into the remote and immediate causes of this problem.
\n\u201cAnd I believe that the recommendations of this commission, with the help of God and the support of everyone, we will make sure that we implement the recommendations.\u201d
\nGovernor Fubara said: \u201cWe are going to take it to the next stage. The report will be presented to the Executive Council, and there, we will surely come out with the White Paper and with the White Paper. I can assure you, we are going to follow it to the end.
\n\u201cNobody is above the law, including me. So, provided what we are doing is within the confines of the law, we will do it with the help of every one.\u201d
\nGovernor Fubara recalled how, before 2014, a group of persons had ran wide recklessly in the State, burning down court buildings.
\nHe noted that it is such persons, who had recently surfaced with their destructive tendencies, and have extended the violence to local government councils, killing people and destroying government property.
\nGovernor Fubara wondered why somebody will spend so much money to build a structure intended to last as legacy of the administration but would eventually be part of its destruction in the name of politics.
\nGovernor Fubara clarified that he has never been part of such destructive politics that continue to set the State backwards and frustrate progressive development strides.
\nGovernor Fubara said: \u201cI make bold to say it, I have never been and will never be a party to anything that will bring shame, disgrace, destruction to our dear State.
\n\u201cIt is our State. If it is well with us, it will be well with everybody. As a matter of fact, why should I encourage destruction, when I know that when you finish spoiling things, you still need money to rebuild them.
\n\u201cI am an accountant, I know the importance of how we can manage money. Rather than spoil, you should use that money to do a new thing for the State.\u201d
\nGovernor Fubara vowed: \u201cSo, I am going to ensure that we put a stop to that level of violence or such unreasonable violence. I call it unreasonable violence because it doesn\u2019t mean anything in politics.
\n\u201cPolitics is a business of interest. There is no permanent friend, no permanent enemy. Some persons who were not even in our support, today, they are here following us because their interest is the most important thing.
\n\u201cLikewise tomorrow, if the interest changes, they will also go their different ways. So, why burn down the house?\u201d
\nGovernor Fubara thanked members of the commission for being bold, focused, and accomplishing their task with determination in the face of physical and legal threats.
\nIn her presentation, Chairman of the seven-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry, Justice Ibiwengi Roseline Minakiri, said they had put their findings into four volumes, including the recommendations.
\nJustice Minakiri explained: \u201cWe have here four volumes of the report. We have the memoranda, which is the memoranda we got after we made our publications.
\n\u201cWe also have the exhibits that came with the memoranda. We have the proceedings and the records. At the end of the day, we came up with the main report.\u201d
\nJustice Minakiri advised that the recommendations of the report should be studied and implemented so that people can be deterred from such callous acts and the sought-after peace secured for the State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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