Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has urged his supporters to stop addressing him as their leader, saying that following his reconciliation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, he is now a member of the Rainbow Coalition, with Wike as its leader.\n<\/p>\n
The governor said he was aware that those who stood by him during the political crisis that rocked the state still referred to him as their leader, particularly during their meetings, but stressed that the disagreement between him and his political godfather was over.\n<\/p>\n
The Rainbow Coalition is a political platform initiated by Wike, a former Rivers State governor, to bring different political parties in the state together to support President Bola Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid in 2027.\n<\/p>\n
Fubara said he had returned to his political family and submitted himself to Wike\u2019s leadership despite being the sitting governor, urging his supporters to understand that they were now part of the same political bloc.<\/p>\n
The governor spoke at the unveiling of candidates of the Rainbow Coalition for the 2027 elections in Rivers State at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
While repeatedly addressing the FCT minister as \u201cMy oga\u201d, Fubara said he would not have become governor without Wike, whom he said God had used to elevate him to the position.\n<\/p>\n
Fubara said, \u201cLet me say something here so that it will always help us while we move forward. I\u2019m aware there are some issues where some persons who followed me when we had the crisis, when you\u2019re in your meeting, you say, \u2018My leader, my leader.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now in one house. And because we have one house, there is no issue about who is the leader. I might be your oga (governor), but we have a common leader now. So please, going forward, this issue of \u2018my leader, my leader, my leader\u2019, I want it resolved here and now.\u201d <\/p>\n
Fubara, who handed over flags to the coalition\u2019s candidates at the event, continued, \u201cHaving taken care of that, let me continue. Your Excellency, my oga (referring to Wike). The leader of Rainbow Coalition. Let me borrow the language of the PDP man. He said \u2018our G.O.\u2019 You\u2019re the G.O. of Rainbow Coalition.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Expressing delight that the crisis had ended, Fubara said he was optimistic that the political family had been reunited for what he described as a \u201cgood course\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
He promised to work for the victory of Tinubu and all candidates of the Rainbow Coalition in the 2027 elections.\n<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cI\u2019m really happy to be here. Not just being here, but standing in the midst of my family. This is my family because I wouldn\u2019t have been the governor of Rivers State if God Almighty had not passed through my oga and other leaders to make it possible in our dear state.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cSo no matter what has happened, I\u2019m very grateful today that one way or the other we are back together for a better course and for the good of our dear state. I want to say that I\u2019m here with all my heart, my soul and my body, and I will do everything within my power to ensure that we have victory, not just for Mr President, who has stood for me in my most difficult time, but also to ensure that this power still remains in our own bloc.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThat it (power) doesn\u2019t go to any other place apart from where it is still standing, which is under the leadership of His Excellency Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fubara added, \u201cLet me attend to the business of the day. I want to say it is a rare honour to be the one to unveil the candidates that would be standing and, by the special grace of God, cruise to victory come January 2027.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like somebody to support by calling their names while I hand over the flags to the candidates of the Rainbow Coalition for the forthcoming election. But the most important one, which is the climax of this day, I will do that myself.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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