The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the sins of suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara won’t be forgiven even if he decides to join the ruling party.
TheHintsNews reports that on March 18, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following a protracted political crisis between the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and Fubara.
Following the declaration of a State of emergency, the President suspended Fubara and the members of the State House of Assembly.
He subsequently appointed retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas as sole administrator for an initial period of six months.
However, the Chairman of Rivers APC, Tony Okocha, while addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja maintained that Fubara was yet to initiate any meaningful steps to reconcile with the duly elected lawmakers in the state.
Okocha added that if Fubara decides to join the APC, it has nothing to do with the state of emergency in Rivers state.
He stated: “His sins can not be forgiven because he came to our party. 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 claims to be a politician, he will know that all politics is local, he will 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.”
Asked if he was worried about Fubara meeting the president, Okocha noted, “How can I be worried that somebody visited my president. Don’t forget it is also the season for Sallah.
“Yesterday, I read somewhere, the former governor Osoba paid Sallah homage and don’t know whether you saw the President in the company of Chief Nyesom Wike. So we can’t be worried, we can’t 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.”
When asked if there are reconciliatory moves in the state, Okocha said he was not aware of any.
“I’m not a prophet of doom, I can only say to you with the benefit of knowledge that I am not aware of any reconciliatory move. No reconciliation is going on, is it going to talk to Mr President? But Mr President has said go and make peace. No attempt at that. I am not aware of any reconciliatory moves by Fubara and his team.”