President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared yesterday that Governor Siminalayi Fubara must comply fully and immediately with the judgment of the Supreme Court to keep the peace in Rivers State.
According to him, the nation is governed by the rule of law without which there will be no order or governance.
President Tinubu spoke during a meeting with the delegation of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) at Aso Villa.
Speaking specifically on the request by the group for intervention in the political logjam, the President put the issue directly on the lap of Fubara.
He said: “Please go back home and help him implement those recommendations within the shortest possible time. I put the ball back in your court. Help him because, privately and openly, I intervened and counselled the governor.
“Only yesterday (Monday), I told him again to pursue the path of peace and stoop to conquer.
“This is a nation governed by the rule of law. I should not be here as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria if there was no rule of law. I have total confidence in our judiciary.
“Human beings can make errors, but when the Supreme Court has spoken, that’s it.”
Before the apex court judgment, President Tinubu intervened and got the parties in the crisis to reach an agreement. But it was observed in the breach.
