The peace talks between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and the 27 House of Assembly members over the leadership crisis rocking the state may not happen soon after dozens of women took to streets to protest against Wike’s visit to the Kalabari Kingdom in the state.
As gathered, the aggrieved women demonstration was said to have been triggered after the Minister described Fubara’s tribe, the Ijaws, as minority in Rivers and Nigeria political discussions.
To express their dissatisfaction over Wike’s comment, The Guild learnt that the demonstrators have blocked the road against the former governor who is expected to visit Ijaws axis of the state for a thanks giving event.
Supporters of the former governor have organized an event to honour him on Saturday and in order to show their grievances towards Wike, the women staged a massive protest on the road to stop the former governor from passing through.
Aside from blocking the road, the protesters, who dressed in black attire, vandalized the billboards displaying where the Minister’s image was being displayed along the road.
Minutes after the act in Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, the police on Saturday, fired tear gas to disperse protesting Kalabari women who had blocked the Emohua-Kalabari road.
The women who were acting in sync with the position of the Kalabari Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers which had written to the security agencies in the state, expressing their disapproval of the reception.
It would be recalled that the NEW Associates had planned to host the Minister to a Grand Reception on Saturday, March 15 in Abalama community, Asari-Toru Local Government Area.
But the King of Abalama Kingdom, the area where the event is planned to take place, His Royal Highness, King Big Tom-Tom, had urged the associates of the Minister to cancel the event, adding that the community would not accept any political gathering at the moment.
