BY WARISO WARISO.
The All Progressive Congress APC in Rivers State has told the suspended Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara that it is not a dumping ground for political sinners, saying that even if fubara decides to ditch his people’s Democratic party PDP for the APC, his sins would remain unforgiven.
State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Hon. Chief Tony Okocha made the position of the party known last Tuesday in Abuja, while responding to questions regarding Fubara’s recent sallah homage on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and its attendant political implications.
According to Chief Okocha, Fubara’s suspension and the declaration of a state of emergency was about his misdemeanor and had no political undertones.
Okocha said, ” if Fubara decides to join the APC, it has nothing to do with the state of emergency in Rivers State. His sins cannot be forgiven because he came to our party”.
” If you will jump into APC today and your sins are forgiven? That cannot be true. It won’t work that way. Then it would have made the APC as a dumping ground for people who commit misdemeanor and believe that by and large we will come for reconciliation. No. It is not true. He has not spoken to me. He will enter the party through the door not the window. Not only him, there are procedures for defection to another party and if he claims to be a politician, he would know that all Politics is local, he would try and defect in his ward. From there it will come to us and my ward chairmen. I have asked. Nobody brought any information about him entering APC “.
Ask whether he was worried about Fubara’s meeting with the President, Okocha said the APC had nothing to be worried about.
” How can I be worried that somebody visited my President? . Don’t forget it was also the season of sallah. I read somewhere that the former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Osoba paid sallah homage and I don’t know whether you also saw the President in the company of Chief E. N Wike, so we cannot be worried. We cannot gag the President to say you will see Mr A. You will not see Mr. B.
Perhaps, if I had made an application to see Mr President , I would have been there with my team, ” he said.
Okocha also dismissed reports of a possible reconciliation moves being embarked on my Governor Fubara, saying there was nothing like that.
He said,” Iam not a prophet of doom. I can only say to you with the benefits of knowledge that Iam not aware of any reconciliation moves. No reconciliation is going on, is it going to to talk to Mr. President? But Mr President has said go and make peace. No attempt at that. I am not aware of any reconciliation moves by Fubara and his team.
