The Chairman and members of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Rivers State frowns at a statement by Governor Fubara and his People’s Democratic Party(PDP) when he received another set of sponsored crowd under the aegis of the National Union of Local Government Employees(NULGE) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday the 3rd of April, 2024.
Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have bothered about his address but for his threat to ‘surprise’ the people asking him to implement the Presidential Proclamation for Peace in Rivers state by the President and Commander-in-Chief, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR which Gov Fubara freely endorsed.
Let Gov. Fubara be reminded that in the resolution of any conflict, the parties(belligerents) MUST make necessary sacrifices for peace and stability.
If Gov. Fubara regrets reporting or asking the President to intervene to save him, which elicited the Presidential Proclamation for peace in the first place.
Let him address the state by coming clear to apologize for entering into that reconciliation and opting out of it completely.
However, having entered into that agreement unfettered, he is BOUND by it and MUST follow through to the end. The style of issuing threats to the people for a decision he made without coercion is most disheartening.
We wish to advise the Governor and his party-PDP, that the instability, absence of peace, lack of development, good governance, transparency and accountability have nexus with their refusal to respect the office and person of the President and commander-in-Chief, President Bola Tinubu by implementing into to the items on the presidential proclamation.
Gov. Fubara and his Party-PDP will be held accountable for any further breakdown of law and order engendered by his threat.
We call on all lovers of peace, the Federal Government, the international community and lovers of Democracy to call the Governor to order.
As a party, we shall do everything legally possible to ensure the compliance and obedience to his decision as exemplified by signing of the proclamation and its implementation.
The buck stops at the Governor’s table and MUST take responsibility for any breaches in the build up to lasting peace and stability in our dear state. Threats alone will not solve the problem but understanding, cooperation and selflessness.
Thank you and God bless
Signed
Chibike Ikenga
Publicity Secretary
For and on behalf of the APC Caretaker Committee
Rivers State
