Governor Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, has stated that he will hand over the state to President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Governor Fubara governor made the promise at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Friday while receiving his All Progressives Congress membership card from the State APC Chairman, Tony Okocha.
Additionally, he stated that he would be in charge of the party’s requirements and well-being in the state.
As the party’s leader in Rivers, Governor Fubara declared that he would stop at nothing to maintain the ruling party’s momentum, including making sure that state executive members were appropriately “taken care of.”
Governor Fubara had on Tuesday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the APC, a few days after 17 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly joined the ruling party.
He said that it would be simpler to mobilise support to deliver Rivers for Tinubu’s reelection if he was leading the party.
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The governor stated that his choice to join the APC was in the best interests of the state’s advancement after obtaining his APC membership card.
He added that his defection was a reciprocation of Tinubu’s resolve to ensure he remained in office as governor.
Governor Fubara said, “Let me thank my chairman for accepting to embark on this spiritual assignment. It is a spiritual assignment because if you had listened to me when I took this decision, it was for the safety, protection, progress, and development of our dear state.
“We can’t be doing our own here and going on a different course from the Federal Government, the ruling party. There is every reason to support Mr President. If not for anything else, as a person, I know the sacrifice he has made to ensure that we still stand as a government.”
“So, I took this decision as my own return of favour—clearing the bush to ensure that his reelection in 2027 will be easy and smooth in this state. Now that we are all in one party, the job is easy to continue what we have promised Mr President.
“We will do everything to keep APC as the main and active progressive party in Rivers State. We are not only going to stop there; it is my responsibility from this minute to ensure that the party is properly taken care of. I assure you that every need of the executive, every need of the party in this state, becomes my responsibility.”
Speaking at the flag-off of the construction of the By-pass to Port Harcourt International Airport and Toll Gate Road by the Minister of Aviation, Governor Fubara declared himself the “001” of the APC in Rivers.
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“I am the number one. Listen, I have collected my card and the number is 001. The message is clear. We’re going to do everything to make sure that the 2027 election for the president will be a smooth ride in Rivers State.
“How do we do it? It is with all of you here. It is your support. The only thing we can do is to continue to tell Mr President, thank you.”
Governor Fubara’s defection, according to Keyamo, was a significant political catch. The ruling party now controls all six South-South states after Fubara joined the APC, he continued, calling the governor “an elephant and the latest catch.”
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