Rivers-born environmental and human rights activist, Ann Kio Briggs, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has empowered the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to act as the ruler of Rivers State.…....
She stated this during an interview on Channels Television. Briggs warned that what is currently playing out in the state might not be in the President’s best interest.
The activist submission comes amidst the withdrawal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara from the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers state primary.
According to him, although the decision was difficult, he remained committed to supporting whoever emerges as the APC candidate in the forthcoming governorship election.
Speaking during the interview, Briggs said, “Rivers people have decided who they will vote for and whom they have supported. What is going on right now in Rivers State, not only is it not going to be in the best interest of Rivers State, it will at the end of the day not be in the best interest of APC or the president of Nigeria himself.
“If we seem to be confused, we are not the people setting the confusion. The confusion is being set by the APC. The confusion is being set by the level of interference that the president has allowed to go on in Rivers State.”
