Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, says he is the biggest loser in the forthcoming local government elections, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not be participating.
On September 24, caretaker committee chairmen loyal to
Fubara reportedly defected to the Action Peoples Party (APP) ahead of the
October 5 LGA polls.
Earlier today, a crowd besieged the PDP secretariat in Port
Harcourt, the state capital, to protest against the conduct of the polls.
The protest was reportedly organised by loyalists of Nyesom
Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT).
Speaking at a meeting on Thursday, Fubara insisted that the
show must go on — with or without the platform that brought him to office.
“In this election, I am the biggest loser; my party is not
participating. But because of the supreme court ruling that there must be
elected officials to manage the affairs of local government, as the governor, I
have to obey that,” he said.
“What we are doing here is to make sure that even if my
party is not participating, the council process must stand.
“A good number of
people here are my party people… and you are not even benefiting from it and
you are here supporting it. So, what is the problem?”
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