By Philip Yatai
The Rivers Ijaw Folks’s Congress has introduced its choice to desert Gov. Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers and pledged allegiance to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike.
Chairman of the congress, Sen. George Sekibo, introduced the group’s choice throughout Wike’s “thanks” go to to Okrika Native Authorities Space of the state on Saturday.
Sekibo described the feud between Fubara and Wike as “very unlucky”, stressing nonetheless that the Ijaw folks weren’t ungrateful folks.
He recalled how Wike supported the emergence of Fubara, an Ijaw son, as governor of Rivers and.was broadly supported by the folks throughout the state.
“Please don’t take a look at him and assume we’re all ungrateful folks. Ijaw persons are very grateful folks.
“That’s the reason we deserted him (Fubara) and stated we’ll comply with you. You’ve got accomplished a lot for Ijaw folks in Rivers. No matter you say we should always do, is what we’ll do,” he stated.
Sekibo assured the minister of the Ijaw folks’s help and pledged full loyalty to President Bola Tinubu.
“We’re grateful folks and that’s the reason we’re following you. We won’t go away you as a result of you could have been there for us,” he added.
Earlier, Chairman of Okrika Native Authorities Council, Mr Akuro Tobin, described Wike as his “political God father”.
Tobin added that the minister equally supported many little kids of the world to occupy varied political places of work, each elective and appointments.
He assured the minister that the lads, ladies and youths of the LGA have been solidly behind him and Tinubu.
Talking on behalf of Okrika ladies, Mrs Linda Stewart, Deputy Speaker of the Rivers Meeting, representing Okrika Constituency, stated Wike’s help to ladies was unprecedented, and prayed for him to reach all his endeavours.
Wike, in his remarks, thanked the folks for his or her help and for standing agency with Tinubu.
He described Tinubu as a person who retains his promise, and urged the folks of Okrika to proceed to help folks with good and trusted character.
The minister, who additionally visited the ‘Amanyanabo’ of Okochiri Kingdom, King Akete Tom, in his place, counseled the normal chief for holding his folks united.
He informed the King {that a} choice had been made on the 2027 election, including that his youngsters would inform him the main points sooner or later.
He, nonetheless, appealed to the normal ruler to not intervene with upcoming political actions however advise the folks at any time when they go improper.
“It isn’t going to be enterprise as ordinary. Enable us to play our sport, and if there may be any drawback, name us to settle,” the minister stated. (NAN)
Edited by Abiemwense Moru
