The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has reminded Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he is bound to fulfill all the proclamations made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the peace parley between him and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.
APC caretaker committee Chairman in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, stated this while speaking to scores of defectors at the party secretariat in Port Harcourt.
Okocha said it would amount to barefaced disobedience for Fubara not to follow the peace proclamations to the latter.
He said: “It will amount to barefaced disobedience for Gov Siminalayi not to follow to the latter, All the 8 indices in the Proclamation made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in response to the Rivers State political crisis.
“His continued refusal to present the Rivers State 2024 budget to a Properly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly under Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule, (Speaker), as captured in index 6.
“The flagrant cold feet in the conduct of Local Government Elections, (see index 8), smark off disrespect for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The APC Rivers, (which is Mr President ‘s Party,), stoutly condemns this act of disobedience perpetrated by Gov Fubara and warns against the likely concomitant fallouts.
Okocha urged the governor to respect the office of Mr President and implement to the latter all the decisions reached in the truce meeting with Mr President as any attempt to cherry pick, can only be interpreted as disobedience.
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