Saturday, March 29, 2025 - Suspended Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says the immediate-past Head of Service (Hos) of the State, Dr George Nweke, has been compromised and forced to tell lies against him.
Fubara, who made the declaration in a statement he
personally signed, was reacting to allegations made by Nweke against him during
a press conference in Abuja on Friday, March 28. He said it was laughable for
the State’s former Head of Service to claim that he was aware of his
discussions and plans to support Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed’s alleged
2027 presidential bid.
The suspended governor stated that it was also laughable for
Nweke to claim that he was aware of meetings orchestrated to attack oil
pipelines and other national assets in the state, insisting that no such
meetings had ever been held.
The statement reads in part;
“My attention has been drawn to a press briefing by the
former Head of Service, Dr. George Nweke aired on Channels Television on Friday
the 28th of March 2025.
Ordinarily, I would not have responded to his claims, but to
correct the erroneous impression such allegations may create in the minds of
the people, and the disaffection it is bound to cause in the state and the
country.
First, on the claim that he was aware of my discussions and
plans to support Bala Mohammed’s alleged 2027 presidential bid. It is laughable
that Dr Nweke would be part of any high-level political meeting as Head of
Service, much more sitting in my alleged night meetings with Bala Mohammed and
militants like he claimed. Howbeit, none of such meetings ever held.
The truth is that the whole world knew when the Bauchi State
Governor, as Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum visited the
State, and there was nothing secret about the visits.
It is also ludicrous for Dr. Nwaeke to claim that he was
aware of my meetings to encourage attacks on oil pipelines and other National
assets in the State, as there was no time, I held any meeting with militants or
any criminal group to destabilise the State.
It is on record that I have been at the forefront preaching
peace in the State even in the face of obvious provocations.
The truth is that Dr. Nwaeke has been compromised, and
whatever he is saying is only aimed at fulfilling his promise to those who may
have paid or coerced him to lie against me.
I call on all well-meaning Nigerians and the good people of
Rivers State to disregard everything said by Dr. Nwaeke as they are mere
desperate attempts to discredit me and my administration, and undermine the
peace process by Mr. President.”
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