Umar Sani, a senior figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has clarified why Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was absent from the party’s recent national convention.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday, Sani emphasized that Governor Fubara remains a PDP member despite the political controversies surrounding him, noting that the party continues to recognize him until he publicly announces otherwise.
He explained that Fubara’s photo appeared in the convention programme because he has not formally left the party, unlike the Governor of Taraba State, who has openly declared his intention to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sani also dismissed claims that the party leadership ought to have contacted Fubara directly, saying attendance at the convention was open and voluntary to all members.
Sani said: “You know that all the landmines placed before him (Fubara) to make him not to be interested in participating in politics is there. He’s neither here nor there. He has not come out publicly to say he’s no longer a member of PDP, and that is why, in our program of activities at the convention, his picture was there, because he’s still a member of the PDP, unless he says otherwise.
“Now you just told me that the governor of Taraba has just mentioned that he’s completing his medical going on transfer to APC. That makes him, you know, an outgoing member of the PDP. He has already made a declaration. Fubara hasn’t made any declaration, and as as far as we are concerned, he’s still a member of the PDP, and there’s nothing we can say other than that.
“I don’t think there was that need for us speaking to him ahead of the convention because it is an invitation that is extended to every member of the party, you are invited to come or at liberty not to come. So we don’t have to call him on phone or do anything other than to invite him.”
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