Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has noted that the past actions of the suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, regardless of any potential future affiliation with the party, will not be overlooked.
Gatekeepers News reports that Tony Okocha, the Caretaker Committee chairman of the APC in Rivers State, made this statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
His comments came in response to questions regarding Fubara’s recent Sallah visit to President Bola Tinubu and its possible political ramifications.
Okocha clarified that Fubara’s suspension, along with the declaration of a state of emergency, stemmed from his alleged misconduct and were not influenced by political factors.
“If Fubara decides to join the APC, it has nothing to do with the state of emergency in Rivers state. His sins cannot be forgiven because he came to our party.
“You will jump into APC today and your sins are forgiven? That cannot be true. It won’t work that way. Then, it would have made APC as a dumping ground for people who commit misdemeanor and believe that by and large we will come for reconciliation.
“No. It is not true. He has not spoken to me. He will enter the party through the door not the window. Not only him, there are procedures for defection to another party and if he claims to be a politician, he would know that all politics is local, he would try and defect in his ward. From there it will come to us and my ward chairmen. I have asked, nobody brought any information about him entering APC,” he said.
When asked whether he was worried about Fubara’s meeting with the President, Okocha said the APC had nothing to be worried about.
“How can I be worried that somebody visited my President? Don’t forget it was also the season of Sallah. Yesterday, I read somewhere that the former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Osoba paid Sallah homage and I don’t know whether you also saw the President in the company of Chief Nyesom Wike.
“So we cannot be worried, we cannot gag the President to say you will see Mr A, you will not see Mr B. Perhaps, if I had made an application to see Mr President, I would have been there with my team,” he added.
