Defection: ‘APC Will Make Decision If Fubara Reaches Out To The Party’ – Duru

Sunnex Egbu

3 hours ago

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that the party will consider the decision of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, if he decides to join the party.

Naijaonpoint reports that Rivers politics has entered a new phase following the reconciliation of Fubara and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Recall that President Bola Tinubu reinstated Fubara after the six-month emergency rule and suspension, due to the political crisis with Wike and lawmakers in the state.

Fubara described the reconciliation as a turning point for stability, noting that he was at peace with Wike.

However, even as Fubara mends fences with Wike, a fresh scramble for control of Rivers’ political structure has begun, as the APC has been openly wooing Fubara to defect following the outcome of the local government poll.

At the polls, the APC won 20 local government chairmanship seats and an overwhelming majority of councillorship positions, further weakening the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a state once considered its stronghold.

The clean sweep handed the APC unprecedented control of the grassroots, giving it leverage ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In an interview with Punch, the APC Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Chidi Duru, suggested that by defecting to the party, Fubara would automatically assume control of the party’s structure in the state.

He said, “We are not in any position to decide anything for the governor. If he considers that his interest will be better managed by our party, and he wants to come into the APC, it is for him to decide. And at the appropriate time, the APC will make a decision if he reaches out to the party.

“The President, in his wisdom, had intervened, which was agreed by all the parties, to save the state and bring it from the depths that they were going to fall into. With this, what we’ll expect is that the governor would focus on governance, bring all the parties together, and ensure that proper governance is given to the people without distraction.”