Tuesday, October 08, 2024 - Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor and former boss, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any desires to control Rivers State so that peace will reign in the oil-rich state.
Fubara said he does not regret conducting
the local government election in the state last Saturday despite the resistance
by Wike’s men in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
“I have all
the guts to do these things,” the governor said on Monday on Channels TV,
asking his predecessor to let go of whatever hold he thought he had over the
South-South state.
“There
is nothing I have not done on this earth for peace to reign.' I can tell you
the number of times I have knelt to beg that let’s allow this issue to go. I
have done everything,” Fubara said.
Asked what his message to Wike would be if
they met, Fubara said,
“I’ll tell
him (Wike) that it has gotten to a point where he needs to let go. We need
peace in this state.
“You
don’t necessarily need to win all the fights; at times, you just let go for the
sake of the good people of Rivers State and the love that you have always
professed for the state. We need to secure the state.
“Fubara will leave tomorrow. Who
knows who is going to come? It might be through him or another person but we
need to secure the state.
“What I am appealing is: everyone
should sheathe their swords. Even to the minister, my oga (my boss), there is
no need to destroy this state.
“He (Wike) once ruled this state and the
state was an envy of every other state. Another person is there now, what we
need now is the support, after four years or eight years, who knows? I will
also leave and someone else will take over. That should be the spirit.
“When it
comes to the election period, you can fight and do whatever but now is the time
for governance. We need all the support,” the governor said.
You can't win all fights - FUBARA tells WIKE pic.twitter.com/6UJKVtz4ud
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) October 8, 2024
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