Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has threatened to opt out of the peace pact initiated by President Bola Tinubu between him (Fubara) and his predecessor Nyesom Wike.
Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation of the peace initiative and had chosen to be silent out of maturity and wisdom.
The governor, however, said it was important to put the records straight for clarity, saying accepting Tinubu’s intervention and accompanying agreement was a political solution which should not be taken as weakness.
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Fubara made the statement on Wednesday when he received members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees from the 23 local governments of Rivers State on a solidarity rally at Government House Gate in Port Harcourt.
The governor said, “Let me say it here for record purposes: What is happening here in our dear state is somebody who has respect for an elder. Mr. President invited all the parties to Abuja and came out with a resolution that we should go and implement. That resolution, I am implementing it. It is not a constitutional implementation. It is a political solution to a problem.
“I am doing it because of the respect I have for Mr President. But, let me say here, if that action that I have accepted to take would be seen as a weakness, I will surprise them. I want this message to go to them.”
