{"id":119624,"date":"2025-06-12T05:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119624"},"modified":"2025-06-12T05:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:34:43","slug":"june-12-bode-george-urges-tinubu-to-reinstate-fubara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/june-12-bode-george-urges-tinubu-to-reinstate-fubara\/","title":{"rendered":"June 12: Bode George urges Tinubu to reinstate Fubara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Bode George has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reinstate Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State to office in the spirit of democracy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the President to honour the memory of those who fought alongside him for democracy and return Fubara to office immediately.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that Fubara, his deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu and the entire Rivers State Assembly were suspended by Tinubu on March 18 due to political tension in the oil-rich state, and Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), was appointed as Sole Administrator of the State.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tinubu has been under immense pressure to restore a democratic order in the state, with several groups, including governors elected on the platform of the PDP and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) challenging the action in court.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fubara, while the President was on an official working visit overseas in May, met with Tinubu in London behind closed doors as part of measures to make peace in the state and reverse the suspension. Just last week, Fubara also visited Tinubu in Lagos during Sallah celebration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, in an open letter to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the June 12, 1993, presidential election won by the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola but annulled on June 23, 1993 by General Ibrahim Babangida, said: \u201cIf Tinubu could forgive Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, then he should extend the same gesture to Fubara.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn June 12, we\u2019ll be celebrating Democracy Day. This is a reminder of the true meaning of democracy \u2013 the will of the people.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSince Tinubu has forgiven Sanwo-Olu, then it makes a lot of sense, spiritually, to also forgive Fubara and let him return to office. I\u2019m talking as an elder.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLet me also remind the President that he was in the forefront of those who fought the military, seeking a return to civilian rule.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI still remember him coming to my office in Aso Rock when he wanted to see General Diya. That was during the General Sani Abacha regime. He wanted to be deputy to Olagunsoye Oyinlola in Lagos then.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe discussed with Diya but General Abacha eventually gave the position to Mrs. Okunnu.\u00a0 I know how passionate Tinubu was then about the return to civil rule. He later joined the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) to fight for democracy. Some of those who fought alongside him for democracy have died. It\u2019s not of his making that he is alive today.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSo, he should thank God, honour the memory of those who fought alongside him for democracy, and return Fubara to office immediately.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI also appeal to him, in the spirit of my maternal granduncle, who founded the first political party in Nigeria in 1922, Herbert Macaulay, to please reinstate Fubara.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTinubu should listen to and honour this appeal in memory of all those who died in the journey to our democracy,\u201d he urged.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Bode George has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reinstate Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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