The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said it is not ruffled over the rumoured possible defection of governor Siminalayi Fubara to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The PDP chairman in the state, Robinson Ewor, spoke on behalf of the party in the state.
Ewor said whatever decision Fubara takes “is personal.”
He stated that as an individual, the governor has every legitimate right to take any political decision that he deems fit, as far as such decision or action would be to the overall interest of the Rivers people who elected him as their governor against other interests.
Fubara recently returned as governor of the state, following the expiration of his six-month suspension, alongside his deputy and the state’s house of assembly by President Bola Tinubu, over the political turmoil in the state.
It was alleged that one of the items on the peace agreement Fubara signed in June was that he would defect to the APC.
Ewor added that he was not aware of such a plan, nor had the governor informed him of his intention to leave the party.
To confirm the fear of the governor’s possible defection, Governor Fubara was sighted with the chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum and the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, ushering the Rivers governor to Tinubu’s office on Monday.
Also striking was the inability of the governor to appreciate or mention the role of his party, the PDP, in ensuring that democracy was returned as against the declaration of emergency rule in the state by the president during his (Fubara’s) statewide broadcast on Friday, September 18, when he resumed duties after six months.
Recall that at least 11 PDP governors had dragged the APC government to court seeking a reversal of the decision, while other prominent Nigerians voiced out against the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as highly “unconstitutional.”
