Detonated explosive an attempted to bomb presidential hotel – Fubara alleges
Port Harcourt—. Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged that the failed attempt to detonate an explosive device at the Hotel Presidential, in Port Harcourt, was a deliberate ploy to back the call for a declaration of state of emergency in the state by those, who want to undermine the administration.
He clarified that he was not fighting anybody but rather defending the state against predators.
Governor Fubara, disclosed this when he received a delegation of the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, led by its Chairman, Senator Orji Kalu, in Government House in Port Harcourt, Wednesday on a courtesy visit, he said, “In fact, there was a plan to detonate dynamite at the Hotel Presidential because you people were there. But this God that we serve, it happened that the man, who was trying to do it, detonated it but just few seconds after, it blew his hands off.
“The plan was that as you were hearing of state of emergency, it will be such that by the time they finish, when you return to have your sitting on Thursday, the debate will be from somebody from this state, who called you to tell you not to come to Rivers State. He will now raise issue of state of emergency, and say after all, distinguished colleagues saw it happen while they were in Rivers State, that you saw what happened.
“But you see, when you are with God, even your child who is planning evil, will go and tell somebody that God is with this man because he is clean, this is what my father is planning. That is what is keeping us in this state.”
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Governor Fubara, wondered why it seemed that the law was silent or inactive to take its course over offenders as somebody appeared to be bigger than the law on the agitation, but there is nowhere in the country where tenure elongation for former local government chairmen has been an issue.
He pointed out that no governor in Nigeria can take 10 per cent of the abuse rained on him by former local government council chairmen.
Fubara said he had taken those insults and attacks in his strides without going hard on the purveyors because they planned to distract him, stressing that he had remained focused on delivering good governance and democratic dividends to Rivers people.
In his remarks, Chairman, of the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, Senator Kalu, said they were in Rivers State to carry out oversight duties on some projects under their purview.
Kalu, who is the member representing Abia North senatorial district, commended Fubara for his peaceful disposition and determination to offer quality governance and keep pace with providing the right climate to engender economic growth in Rivers state.
He, urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to sheath the sword, and call his supporters to order.
