Why Rivers LG poll must hold with or without PDP – Gov Fubara
...says 'I'm biggest loser'
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state has 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 Fubarareportedly defected to the Action Peoples Party (APP) ahead of the October 5 LGA polls.
Recall that a crowd had on Thursday 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?”
