{"id":124524,"date":"2025-12-19T06:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124524"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:56:09","slug":"fubara-i-joined-apc-to-appreciate-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fubara-i-joined-apc-to-appreciate-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Fubara: I Joined APC to Appreciate Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara says he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress to thank President Bola Tinubu for his role in resolving the state\u2019s political crisis, describing the defection as an easy and natural decision.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking with journalists on Thursday at the APC national headquarters in Abuja, Fubara said his defection was not the result of political pressure but a voluntary move anchored on gratitude and shared progressive ideals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, joining the ruling party provided an opportunity to formally thank President Tinubu for his role in stabilizing the state at a critical moment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy joining the All Progressives Congress is to say thank you to Mr President and to join hands with other progressives to develop my state and Nigeria at large. It wasn\u2019t a difficult decision; it was easy,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor noted that although he was elected on the platform of the PDP, he had never fully identified with the party\u2019s internal structure, describing his membership as largely nominal.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf I have to be honest, was I really a member of the PDP? I wasn\u2019t. Whatever I suffered during the political crisis, about 90 per cent of it was imposed on me by the party. I was just there in name.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;During the crisis, I wasn\u2019t part of any group. I was on the balcony, not inside the house,\u201d Fubara said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fubara\u2019s defection comes after months of political tension in Rivers State, sparked by a power struggle with his predecessor, former governor Nyesom Wike, over control of the PDP structure in the state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the height of the crisis, President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the state. It led to the suspension of both the governor, his deputy and the Rivers State House of Assembly members for six months in an effort to restore stability, before Fubara was reinstated in September.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He formally joined the APC on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, shortly after several members of the Rivers State House of Assembly also defected to the ruling party, signalling a major political realignment ahead of the 2027 general elections in the oil-rich state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With his APC membership, Fubara said he would prioritize uniting party members in Rivers State and providing effective leadership to strengthen the party\u2019s presence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNow that I am a member, I will work to bring everyone together for greater unity and progress. There is a clear direction for the party in the state, and nothing should be a cause for concern,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It remains to be seen if his decision to join the ruling party will lead to permanent peace between him and his godfather Wike or if it\u00a0 will make the ever volatile state explode or implode again before the general election.<\/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 Oscar Okhifo Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara says he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress to thank President Bola Tinubu for his role in resolving the state\u2019s political crisis,&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":124525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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