Rivers on Edge: Governor Fubara Breaks Silence Amidst Impeachment Storm

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Pelumi Ilesanmi
Pelumi Ilesanmi
Rivers on Edge: Governor Fubara Breaks Silence Amidst Impeachment Storm

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, are currently facing renewed impeachment threats from the Rivers State House of Assembly. These proceedings are deeply intertwined with an ongoing political disagreement between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who now serves as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. The political landscape in Rivers State has undergone significant shifts, particularly with Governor Fubara's recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a move he attributed to the support received from President Bola Tinubu during the state's political crisis. This defection was preceded by 15 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including Speaker Martin Amaewhule, also joining the APC in December, making Governor Fubara the first APC governor in Rivers State since 1999.

Amidst these tensions, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, an APC 2027 Lagos governorship aspirant, has asserted that Governor Fubara is politically secure within the APC. Speaking after participating in an APC e-registration exercise in Lagos, Jandor expressed strong confidence that President Bola Tinubu, as the father of the party and the leader of the country, would intervene to resolve the issue. Jandor emphasized that the APC operates with a robust internal leadership structure designed to address such disputes, a characteristic he believes is absent in the PDP, which he claimed has consequently gone into extinction.

Jandor reiterated his belief that once the party leadership, under President Tinubu, provides direction, all members will comply. He recalled his initial concerns for Governor Fubara when the impeachment notice was first initiated while Fubara was still in the PDP. However, he now views the situation differently, describing the Rivers political crisis as an

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