The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has said it is prepared to work with suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara once he is reinstated to office on September 18.
Naija News reports that the state party chairman, Tony Okocha, disclosed this during a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, noting that cooperation with the governor would not prevent the APC from playing its role as the main opposition in the state.
He said, “The governor who was suspended will return to office on September 18. The APC will work with him when he returns.”
Okocha stressed that the APC would continue to strengthen its structures across Rivers while offering constructive criticism of Fubara’s policies.
He further stated, “There are states where the governor and assembly members are in different parties, so we are going to work with him. However, that will not take away our right to criticise him when he does wrong. But for us, the LG chairmen will work with him, except that we will not agree to vicious policies.”
Governor Fubara was suspended from office on March 18 by President Bola Tinubu, who declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following worsening political tensions.
The President accused the governor of failing to act against militants allegedly sympathetic to him, who attacked oil facilities in the state, heightening fears of unrest.
Tinubu subsequently appointed former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), as the state’s Administrator for an initial six-month period, a tenure now set to end with Fubara’s expected reinstatement.
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