The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State says it is not disturbed over the allegation of the possible defection of Governor Siminalayi Fubara from the party to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The State Chairman of the party, Robinson Ewor, who made this statement, said whatever decision the governor takes, “is personal.”
He stated that as an individual, the governor has every legitimate right to take any political interest 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.
DAILY POST recalls that while the six-month emergency rule declared on March 18, which ended on September 18, lasted, one of the items on the peace agreement Fubara was alleged to have signed in June was that he should 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.”