I am keenly following the development in Rivers State. My full engagement with the subject will be much later. The contest is clearly between erstwhile Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor Siminalayi Fubara, to call a spade a spade.

What usually amazes me about our land is this primitive instinct that a succeeding governor must be tied to the apron strings of his predecessor who assumes the position of a benevolent godfather. Why should the successor not be allowed to unfold his own abilities and talents in the service of his people? The injunction most are familiar with is ‘Do unto others as you would want done to you.’ Did Wike tolerate any interference in his administration by Rotimi Amaechi or from Peter Odili? Fubara was meek until he was provoked through unrelenting intimidation and bullies to bare his fangs. He was under-rated. Now he is free. Wike did very well in the area of infrastructural development as governor of River State. But now he has smeared his good record with his untrammeled bad temperament and the attempted chokehold on Fubara.

Legislators loyal to him in the State House of Assembly deflected enmass to APC from PDP. They have tried to impeach Governor Fubara. The judiciary has not been able to remove them, a situation over which the constitution is clear. There is a Justice of the Federal High Court to whom I send prayerful wishes that some of these cases should be forwarded for fair and expeditious adjudication. He is our budding Alfred Thompson Denning, more known as Lord Denning, the Master of the Rolls. This judge in Abuja whose identity I am keeping under wraps for obvious reasons already dons the toga of revered Candide Ademola Johnson with his pack of anecdotes capped with wisdom. I see in him the learning and fearlessness of Conrad Idowu Taylor, the thoughtfulness of Olujide Somolu, the panoramic exposition of Nnemeka Agwu that was enthralling; the fecundity of thought of Kayode Esho and the disarming wisdom of Oputa. I have found in him the thoroughness of Justice F.I. E. Ukattah.

Who does the constitution charge to see to it that local council elections are held as and at when due? Who is the chief security officer of the state? Who has the first responsibility to feel the pause of his environment and call on the commissioner of police to get into his battle gear and be ready for the trenches? Why should Fubura be deserted in the face of present and imminent danger by the police? Do the commissioner of police and the Inspector-General, his boss; have any choice but to rise to the occasion? Do they have any choice other than waving the authority of the constitution before our gaze and moving in to prevent the break-down of law and order and protect life and property? The possibility of Rivers State exploding in chaos and confusion was written clearly on the wall, it was only waiting for a careless cigarette end to set off a conflagration, yet the police withdrew their presence!!

The polls went well, all the same surprising everybody.
When one considers the boasting, absence of polish, the lack of principles of the majority of these politicians, whether within and without the Nigerian frontiers, the lawlessness fueled by blind ambition for power, influence and money, the unassailable wisdom in the ordinance of the Most High becomes clearer: Leaders are born, not made; they are sent, not electable. The distortion brought about through abuse and failings in the age of the Divine rights of kings has its final terminal date and all human spirits must bow before the Holiness of the Wisdom of God that rules the worlds.