Fubara resumes, reaffirms loyalty to Tinubu, Wike

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Apparently overwhelmed by the politics that forced him out of office through an emergency rule, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara resumed yesterday, pledging loyalty to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, and President Tinubu. He revealed that he resisted the temptation to legally challenge the constitutionality of the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers on March 18 due to his commitment to peace.

Governor Fubara, who described the past six months of state of emergency as “enormously challenging”, vowed not to take the kindness of the President for granted but abide by all the precepts of the peace agreement reached some months ago.

In his first statewide broadcast hours after his resumption of duty on Friday, September 19, a day after the emergency rule was lifted, Fubara pledged unalloyed loyalty to President Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Barr Nyesom Wike.

“It is without doubt that the last six months have been enormously challenging for our dear State under the emergency rule.

“As your Governor, I accepted to abide by the state of emergency declaration and chose to cooperate with Mr. President and the National Assembly, guided by my conviction that no sacrifice was too great to secure peace, stability, and progress of Rivers State.

“This was why I also resisted the pressure to challenge the constitutionality of the declaration of a state of emergency, the suspension of democratic institutions, and all other actions that we endured during this difficult period”.

Fubara recalled that in the course of the six-month period, “Mr. President graciously brokered the peace process with all the parties successfully. Our Leader, His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, all members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and I, as your Governor, have all accepted to bury the hatchet and embrace peace and reconciliation in the best interest of our dear Rivers State.

“We believe the political crisis is now behind us and that peace and stability have once again returned to Rivers State, though not without the hard lessons learnt from the emergency rule”. Vanguard