The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s remarks on Wednesday when he hosted members of the state Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees in Government House, Port Harcourt was war-like.
The State APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha, said this in Port Harcourt on Thursday, adding that Fubara was being disrespectful of President Bola Tinubu with such remarks.
According to the APC, Fubara’s outburst on Wednesday was drumming war and disrespect for President Tinubu
The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Joseph Johnson, said there was no truth in the claims of the APC chairman.
Johnson stated, “There is nothing like that. They are afraid because they know their fall is near.
“Rivers people spoke yesterday through the NULGE, and that organic love expressed through the camp of the factional acting APC chairman into this feverish situation.”
Fubara had said he was implementing the stte peace pact in respect to the president, warning that his doing so was not out of weakness and threatened to surprise his political foes.
The governor, while referring to his detractors in the political crisis in the state, had threatened that, “If you dare me, I will surprise you.”
The governor also urged members of the NULGE in the state to prepare and brace up, saying, “The next phase is fire for fire.”
Fubara also told the NULGE that he would support it and urged its members not to be intimidated.
