Gov. Fubara hints at dumping PDP
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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has announced that the state was shifting its focus away from party politics and towards a movement based on truth and consistency.
The governor made the declaration, on Wednesday, while receiving a delegation from the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, led by Sen. Orji Uzo Kalu, at Government House, in Port Harcourt.
The governor declared that Rivers State would no longer be held back by party affiliation, but would instead stand firm on its own soil to defend Democracy.
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According to Governor Fubara, “In our state today we are no longer doing party. We are doing a movement, so you don’t blame me if I don’t go to the side of party too much.
“The party has failed us here. So, what we are doing here is to stand with our two legs on the soil of Rivers State so that we can defend democracy.”
The development came amid a lingering political crisis in the state, which began last year between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Despite President Bola Tinubu’s intervention, the conflict escalated with the replacement of Pro-Wike Local Government Chairmen with Caretaker Committee Chairmen.
Meanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to which both Wike and Fubara belong, has been silent on disciplining Wike, fueling speculations of his influence among the Party’s decision-makers.
