Rivers APC Woos Fubara Ahead Of Reinstatement

The Rivers State section of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed readiness to invited suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara into its fold arsenic the authorities prepares for his reinstatement connected Thursday aft the expiration of exigency rule.

Speaking connected Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’ connected Tuesday, APC spokesperson successful Rivers State, Darlington Nwauju urged Governor Fubara to instrumentality the accidental of his instrumentality to the authorities to defect to the ruling party.

“If I were the politician of Rivers State, connected my instrumentality connected Thursday, I would denote my defection to the All Progressives Congress,” Nwauju said.

“I deliberation the politician should articulation the APC, and we would gladly person the politician into our party.”

Pressed connected whether Fubara would presume enactment of the APC successful Rivers should helium transverse over, Nwauju responded affirmatively.

“By the normal of our party, if helium joins the All Progressives Congress, helium becomes the person of the party,” helium declared.

The APC spokesperson besides weighed successful connected the six-month stewardship of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (retd.), who has administered Rivers State nether exigency rule.

According to him, portion the enactment has not officially demanded a show relationship from Ibas, the National Assembly done its House of Representatives committee remains the due assemblage to measure the administrator’s tenure.

“APC has not officially demanded that Ibas springiness an relationship of his stewardship for the past six months,” Nwauju explained.

“The fund support helium got was from the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. There is simply a committee from the House of Representatives overseeing the play of emergency.

“I bash expect that the committee should beryllium capable to bash owed diligence, travel up with that report, and archer Nigerians what they recovered out. It is 1 of their halfway mandates successful the concern of authorities and lawmaking.”

Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu and Governor Fubara were expected backmost successful the state connected Tuesday up of Thursday’s ceremonial restoration of antiauthoritarian governance successful Rivers State.

Tinubu, who departed Nigeria connected September 4 for a vacation successful France and the United Kingdom was meant to walk 10 moving days but chopped abbreviated his trip. Fubara, connected the different hand, is expected backmost from London.

The Rivers State authorities has intensified preparations for the handover ceremony, which volition officially people the extremity of exigency regularisation successful the state.