A former Rivers State Commissioner for Works, Chief David Briggs, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu imposed ‘Abuja resolution’ on Governor Simi Fubara.
He described what happened as a “Presidential declaration, a Presidential proclamation,” alleging that Tinubu wrote the resolution.
Briggs while addressing the press on Wednesday said he attended the resolution meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday hence was an eye-witness to what happened on Monday night.
He said, “I was there, so what I say is primary not secondary. We were invited for a meeting, but that was not a meeting. What happened is that Mr President walked in with a written resolution, addressed us and declared that what he had in his hand is a presidential proclamation, therefore he can whip.
“He emphasised the fact that he is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and anybody who tends to say no to what he is saying, it has consequences. That in a simple lay man’s word is a threat. He (Tinubu) wrote the resolution but refused to read it. He handed the resolution to Dr Peter Odili to read.”
He described the action of Tinubu as undemocratic as the meeting did not seek alternative opinion but was only convened to bully Fubara into signing a document he has no input into its making.
He wondered why people were blaming Fubara for signing the document, insisting that Fubara was smart and intelligent to have signed the truce document because he did so under duress and Presidential threat.
