Former Governor of Lagos State and Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has dropped a bombshell.

He said: “The intervention of President Bola Tinubu is not needed in the ongoing political crisis in Ondo and Rivers states.”

“We have amended the constitution, so what is left to amend, except ourselves? Is this a matter that required presidential intervention when some people were calling for the President to intervene? Does the Constitution assign a role to the President in this matter?”

“Are those inviting the President to act in Ondo and in Rivers states not aware that the President has no constitutional role in these matters?”

“Are they not also those who argue that the Federal Government and, by extension, the President are too powerful and encroaching on the powers of state governments? Is this a case of passing the buck when tough leadership calls are requested to be made?”

“Happily, in our Ondo case, some blue blood Ondo indigenes have stood up to be counted. But they are in an obvious minority.”

“They intervened in the pursuit of law and constitutionality before the governor’s letter restored calm. And we want for leadership in Rivers state to do the needful.”