“A Grand Plan”: New Twist as Primate Ayodele Says Gov Fubara Will Defect to APC

“A Grand Plan”: New Twist as Primate Ayodele Says Gov Fubara Will Defect to APC

  • A prominent Lagos-based cleric, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, is "crossing to" the APC
  • Legit.ng reports that Primate Ayodele said the purpoted 'defection' is "part of a grand plan to run the PDP out"
  • The preacher asked the Nigerian main opposition party to put its house together to block the projected move

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Port Harcourt, Rivers state - The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, will soon dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to Primate Ayodele, Fubara will join the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Primate Ayodele alleges "game-plan" in Rivers state. Photo credits: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, Sir Siminalayi Fubara
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Rivers: "Wike has taken over" - Primate Ayodele

The cleric claimed that the current political impasse in Rivers state involving Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), is "a game plan".

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Ayodele commented on the Rivers political crisis in a video posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday, December 28.

His words:

“Rivers state, Fubara has gone to APC. Fubara cannot weaken Wike. Wike has taken over, and Fubara is already in APC.
“PDP, don’t bother yourself about Fubara. Fubara cannot do anything. I have said it earlier. And that is why some people will hate him. Fubara doesn’t have the strength to fight the battle. Fubara is crossing to APC as well.
“It is a game plan; it is closed, completely closed.
“So, what is on ground now is, PDP have to put their house together. Mark my words.”

Court backs pro-Wike lawmakers

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the federal high court in Abuja extended the order that restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Rivers state house of assembly from declaring 27 seats vacant.

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Earlier in December, the court barred the commission from conducting an election to fill the seats of the 27 members, who defected to the APC from the PDP.

Rivers: Dokubo stands with Fubara

Legit.ng also reported that Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, an Ijaw nationalist and former leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), said the people of Rivers have given their mandate to Governor Fubara, governor of the state.

Dokubo warned that anybody who wants to take the mandate from the Rivers governor “would go down”.

Tinubu lauds Fubara for reconciling with Wike

Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu commended Governor Fubara over his recent move.

Tinubu hailed Fubara over what he described as the governor’s statesmanship in resolving the political impasse between him and Wike.

Source: Legit.ng

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