Former governor of Rivers Nyesom Wike has blamed his successor Siminalayi Fubara of supporting the Action Peoples Party (APP) in the just concluded local government election in the oil-rich state.
Lead Representative Fubara had days ago sworn in local government chairpersons in Rivers State. APP won 22 of the 23 chairmanship positions in the election. The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State likewise attended the event.
Leading the pack to the poll, Fubara who is a member of the PDP said he is the “greatest loser” since his party was not on the ballot.
In any case, Wike who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) claims Fubara sponsored the APP for the election.
“Today, people say ‘Discipline Wike, he did anti-party’. I did not do anti-party; I said we must stand for equity, fairness, and justice’,” he said on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sunday Politics about his support of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election.
“Today, what happened? The governor, Fubara is the one who sponsored the APP. The chairman of the [PDP] governors’ forum was the one who attended the swearing-in”.
