Edwin Clark asks IGP to arrest Wike over alleged treason
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Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin has written to the Inspector General of Police, Dr Kayode Egbetokun to as a matter of urgency, arrest and prosecute the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike.
In a letter to the IGP which was read on Thursday during a press briefing at his Abuja home, the Ijaw leader asked Egbetokun to arrest Wike after he threatened to set fire to the states of Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The PDP governors had declared their support for Governor Sim Fubara to be the leader of the PDP in the state.
But Mr Wike warned them to stay out of the crisis between him and his predecessor.
Wike subsequently threatened to set states under the control of the Peoples Democratic Party on fire if they interfere in crisis rocking the party in Rivers State.
“Wike has breached a number of laws, public laws, and so on. He has committed crimes, and for him to say that he will burn states belonging to PDP governors and so on, is treasonable.
“Nobody, no governor, no minister can go to that extent. It’s a breach of the constitution,” Mr Clark said.
The elder statesman said since the Federal Government had been arresting people for treason, the former Rivers State governor, too, should not be an exception.
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“Is it Sowore that committed treason by saying I call for revolution in Nigeria? Where did he say it? On what grounds? What impact did it make?
“But here is a serving minister in the FRN saying he would burn the states of his colleagues, he would burn their hands, and they won’t sleep again in their houses, he would do everything to disorganise the governments of those states.
“If you could, in the past, arrest Sowore for similar or less instigating threats against public peace and public officials, if you are right now leading prosecution in the law court against people who participated in the #EndBadGovernance protests, what are you waiting for to act in the case of Wike?
“Remember that you are under oath to uphold the law as the serving Inspector General of Police, including the fact that you will not be partial,” he said
