Wilfred Alabo-Jack, PortHarcourt
Following the continuous tension in Rivers State due to the struggle for control between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, who is now the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, the incumbent Governor has declared that he fears no one because he has a divine backing of God.
Fubara, who spoke on Monday, during a Sallah solidarity visit by a delegation led by the Vice President General and Chairman, Association of South-South Muslim Ummah of Nigeria, Alhaji Nasir Awhelebe Uhor, to the Government House in Port Harcourt, said though his detractors would gather and plan against him, all their shenanigans would end in futility.
Fubara and Wike fell apart over some political disagreements barely three months after the former succeeded the latter as Governor of Rivers State.
The Governor said, “It is a difficult system but one with God is one with the majority. So, when you have God around, you need to fear nothing. They will plan, they will gather, but their gathering, at the end of the day, will be to your own glory.
“So, I can say boldly that God has been very faithful to us against the expectations of a lot of people. He’s been guiding us, holding us forth, and we can boldly beat our chest to say: so far, we have shown that we are a responsible government.
“We have shown that we mean well for Rivers people. We have shown that this is not just a government that merely wants to control: it is a government resolved to give everybody opportunity, a government that allows you to feel free, and operate within the laws. That is the only way we can move from where we are to a higher pedestal.”
