The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, on Wednesday accused the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of influencing militants to sabotage pipelines in the state.
Fagbemi made this claim while justifying President Bola Tinubu’s decision to impose a state of emergency.
He clarified that while Fubara may not have been directly responsible for the vandalism, he failed to prevent the militants from carrying out the attacks.
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He said, “We are in a democracy. There were what I will call telegraphing of the militants, I will say, by the governor. And the reason I say so is, when he began, he said oh, he will let them know when it was time to act.
“Let us say it was false. Did he come out to disown them? The answer is no. And a week later, they swung into action. You saw or witnessed the vandalisation of oil pipelines.”
Fagbemi asserted that since the country heavily depends on crude oil, anyone who tampers with pipelines is not just a threat to Rivers State but to Nigeria as a whole.
He explained that the suspension of Fubara and the state House of Assembly members was necessary, as they failed to maintain a stable environment for governance.
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