We told Fubara to nominate Rivers PDP Chairman, he said Wike would do — PDP
by Hassan Muaz · The Eagle OnlineThe Peoples Democratic Party has revealed how the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, turned down the party’s request to nominate his state chairman of the party, saying his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, would do so.
The acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ibrahim Abdulahi, revealed this on Sunday to Tribune Online in an interview.
Abdulahi said when the vacancy existed for the post of the Rivers State chapter chairman of the party, the National Working Committee of the PDP approached Fubara.
He offered the explanation when he was asked why the PDP did not support Governor Fubara in his struggle with Wike for the control of the Rivers State chapter of the party.
He said: “It’s a very, very long story that we will not be able to make sense of now.
“The kind of opportunity given to Fubara by this party is the sort that you never imagine exists from any political party to any of its members, not a governor, not a president.
“It is the sort that you would not believe any member will enjoy, any person no matter his status, whether in former president, because if I start now talking, I’ll dig out what we have been keeping in the cooler, the opportunities, the chances, the repeated chances given to this governor for him to take the leadership and take control of the structure.
“He was the first person that came to meet this NWC when they requested for the replacement of the state’s chairman of the PDP.
“He said no, no, no, no, nobody should call him that they should call ‘oga’ in Abuja, let ‘oga’ give the person, anyone ‘oga’ gives he is comfortable with.
“This was the beginning of the whole of this problem.
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“He was the one who said he cannot take decisions when Nyesom Wike is still alive.
“That was before the relationship went sour.
“So, at what point did you now stop recognising him as your boss, that you start taking all of those decisions?
“See, why we don’t need to delve too much into the back and forth of a Rivers State, what is important is that at the point that we have reached now, the summary of it all is that a governor with a state like Rivers, it was the same state Wike occupied that he was able to give PDP the required opposition it confronted the Buhari-led federal government for eight years.
“Fubara is sitting in that same saddle now and yet cannot be able to rally his colleagues, governors, behind him.
“He cannot be able to hold the National Working Committee to identify with him just because his predecessor is a minister in Abuja.
“All of us, we thought he was worthy of the attention, but the more you look the less you understand.
“You can’t be crying like a baby all the time.
“You cannot provide leadership, fight it out.
“Do you think all the governors are comfortable?
“Why are they in charge of their respective state except him?
“Something is missing about this guy.
“So, please, at the risk of sounding immodest, we have done the best we can do for Fubara.
“We are not supporting Wike.
“I have been critical of Wike, you know.
“Even recently, I have said that nobody can hold PDP to ransom.
“We are not under anybody’s pocket.
“It’s on record.
“So, I’ve said all these sorts of things I would say.
“If I was taking a naira from Wike, I couldn’t have gone on air to say all of these things.”
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