Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers, has stated that no single individual can control the state.
The governor made this statement on Sunday during a thanksgiving service in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers.
On Saturday, the elders forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state apologized to Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), over the ongoing rift between him and Fubara.
The PDP elders offered the apology at an event organized by the Ijaw Peoples Congress in honor of the FCT minister.
The party elders requested Wike’s forgiveness, attributing Fubara’s actions to a lack of political skill.
Wike, who also spoke at the event, took credit for making Fubara the governor of Rivers state.
While addressing the congregation at St. Paul Cathedral of the Anglican Communion, Fubara asserted that he doesn’t need anyone to apologize on his behalf.
Fubara remarked that he “cannot give his kidney” to demonstrate loyalty to Wike, further claiming that the FCT minister is “desperate for recognition.”
“Nobody can apologise for me. As a matter of fact, I belong to that school of thought that if I am the only person that needs to stand on that side of right, I will stand there. I don’t need anybody to stand with me. I cannot give my kidney or liver to anybody. I won’t. If that is the only reason for me to be loyal, I will not be,” Fubara said.
“But I will not do the wrong thing. I will stand for the side of the right. I will stand with the truth for Rivers people. That is my commitment today. I will not mortgage my kidney or my liver. So, don’t worry about that because I know that is what they do because they can’t talk.”
He continued, “If it has to take my kidney, then I will honourably just go back to my wife then we will manage ourselves. But I will not give my kidney. What is important is to protect this state. It does not belong to anyone. Rivers state is nobody’s enterprise. So, you have to stand strong.”
“God has a reason for allowing the devil or the evil one to stay long. It is not that he can’t take him or take them away but he gives them time to repent. And when they continue, he (God) will come heavily, and then, they would say, it would have been better we had left when they had time.
“That will be our story in this state. But, you see, anybody that is making noise for recognition, it is a sign that he has lost it. By the special grace of God, I don’t need an introduction. I have the name, and I am the one standing here.”
Wike and Fubara have been at odds over the control of the political structure of the PDP in Rivers state.
The dispute between the two politicians has caused a division within the party and among members of the state house of assembly.
