Fubara solely responsible for political crisis in Rivers, APC insists

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said revelations made recently by former Head of Service in the suspended government is a vindication to the party.

The party was responding to the claims made by Dr. George Nwaeke, who was a former Head of Service in Rivers State regarding how the State House of Assembly was razed down.

In a statement made available to newsmen Wednesday in Abuja, signed by the Rivers State APC chairman, Sir Tony Chidugam Okocha, said the recent revelations was in line with what he earlier said that that suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the architect of the entire political crisis in Rivers State.

According to Chief Okocha, in a press release by Dr. George Nwaeke, the former Head of Service in Rivers State, he stated categorically that the political crisis was “orchestrated by Fubara himself”.

The APC in Rivers State through her State Chairman, Sir (Chief) Tony C. Okocha, have been accusing suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of being the brain behind what Rivers people woke up to witness on October 29, 2023, the bombing of the Rivers State House of Assembly, an edifice comparable to none in the 36 States across Nigeria.

The statement said: “The truth is like broad day light which shines through darkness, and repels darkness, to bring forth daylight.

” No matter the level of the thickness of darkness, it cannot withstand daylight.

“It is important to state here for purposes of emphasis, and for clarity, that Dr. George Nwaeke as the Head of Service in Rivers State at the time, was the number 3 man in the State, and as such, his account as stated by him cannot be hearsay.

” Tax payers money in Rivers State was wasted in a way and manner that cannot be forgotten in a hurry amidst scarce resources, and global economic crunch.”

Okocha added that the suspended governor went a step further in less than 48 hours after the bombing to personally supervise the pulling down of the assembly complex, while his supporters cheered him on.

” According to Dr. George Nwaeke, the governor directed his Chief of Staff, Edison Ehie, to carry out the attack on the Assembly complex to prevent his impeachment by lawmakers aligned with Minister Nyesom Wike.

“Dr. George Nwaeke even went as far as to reveal how he witnessed a cash handover to Edison Ehie for the purpose of the attack.

“What is most interesting to the APC in Rivers State as a responsible political party is that Dr. George Nwaeke’s revelations and testimonies of how suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his squad bombed the Rivers State House of Assembly is an eye witness account.

“Again, it has clearly vindicated the APC in Rivers State as the only visible and viable opposition political party in the State, and has cemented the love for the party in the heart of well meaning Rivers people as the voice of the voiceless, and the hope for a better Rivers State.

“The revelations made by the former Head of Service in Rivers State has further positioned her as a political party with high level of integrity, and the hope of Rivers people for a viable alternative to produce the Governor of Rivers State in 2027.

“The APC in Rivers State is strong in her belief that the relevant Security Agencies will be professional enough to get at the root cause of this whole matter, and make such public.
The verbal attacks staged against the resigned HoS, will not deter the Statesman from unveiling the rots of Sim Fubara’s which we harped on as opposition political party.
On this matter, APC shall function as watchdogs”