Fubara Is APC Leader In Rivers State – Chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has insisted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the leader of the APC in Rivers State.

He dismissed as  inconsequential the opinion proffered by the chairman of the National Green Wall Commission, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, that FCT minister Nyesom Wike, is the leader of APC in the state.

Eze, in a statement made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, insisted that both Wike and Abe have no stake whatsoever in the party to warrant the frequent intermeddling that adds no value to the electoral chances of the progressives party.

He stated that Abe left the APC in the buildup to the 2023 election to contest the governorship of the state under the platform of the Social Democratic Party  (SDP), where he could not secure victory for himself at his own polling unit 10, Ward 16, Bera Town, Gokana local government area of the state..

The APC chieftain stated that the FCT Minister, in the same vein, has remained partyless since his deserving expulsion from his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Eze stated that before and during the 2023 election, Wike, who was governor at the time, could not secure victory for his preferred Presidential candidate right in his own unit where the Labour Party swept the poll.

“I feel very ashamed that Magnus Abe, once a highly respected political leader from Niger Delta, suddenly no longer knows the hierarchy of a political party. By his declaration of Wike as Rivers State APC leader even as a none member of the party, Senator Magnus Abe has again, exposed himself to ridicule as this is an act of insubordination and affront to President Tinubu and the party leadership.

“The APC leadership and  President Tinubu have clearly declared Gov. Sim Fubara as the APC leader and that is it, unless he is, like his master Wike, also challenging the authority of President Tinubu,” Eze said.