BREAKING: Anxiety as Fubara Meets Rivers PDP Elders Behind Closed-Door
- Governor Siminalayi Fubara met with Elders of the PDP in Rivers State behind closed- door on Monday night, October 30
- The meeting happened hours after the failed attempt to impeach Governor Fubara by some lawmakers
- It was gathered that the closed-door meeting aimed to bring about peace between both camps in the oil-rich state
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Rivers state, Port Harcourt - Governor Siminalayi Fubara is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Elders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State.
According to Vanguard, the meeting is connected with the attempt by some lawmakers in the State House of Assembly to impeach Fubara on Monday, October 30.
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It was gathered that the meeting was held at the residence of the governor in Government House, Port Harcourt.
The persons at the meeting include Elder Ferdinand Alabaraba, Leader of PDP Elders Forum, Chief Sergeant Awuse, the Chairman of Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers, OCJ Okocha, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Bro Felix Obuah, the Campaign Director of PDP/Fubara for the 2023 election.
According to a source who did not want his name mentioned, the elders pleaded with Fubara to shelve further action while the team consult all parties involved to bring in peace to the ensuing crisis in the state.
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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of plotting to replace Fubara with another Ikwerre man.
Clark said Wike plans to impeach Fubara, force his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu to resign and install the Speaker of the House of Assembly as Rivers governor.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Abdul Rasheeth, a media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, revealed that Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Wike, have been in a heated feud over the past week.
He recounted how Governor Fubara almost resigned from the governorship seat due to the gravity of his feud with Wike.
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The governor insisted he had not committed any offence to warrant impeachment by the members of the Rivers state House of Assembly.
Fubara, who assured the people of the state of getting the dividends of democracy, said he would speak on the matter at the appropriate time.
Source: Legit.ng
