By Kingston Magare 1-6-2025
Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has rejected recent remarks that governor Siminalayi Fubara will serve only one term as a pre-condition for his reconciliation with political godfather Nyesom Wike.
Mr. Fubara and Wike who is the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory were reconciled after months of feud, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency and suspension of Fubara, his deputy and members of the State House of Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. Last week both men were seen hand and hand even as Fubara was reported to have been given tough condition for him to be reinstated as Governor of Rivers State.
Speaking on the development Tuesday on Channels TV the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide president, Theophilus Alaye, said: “The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, is a citizen of Nigeria and by the virtue of the Nigerian Constitution, we believe that the governor has the right to seek re-election.
“When we get to 2027, we shall know if that is part of the agreement. And if he has delivered the dividends of democracy for Rivers people, it is left for Rivers people to ask him to contest or not.
“As the President of the Council, if a single-term is part of the agreement he has signed or they gave to him that he should not seek re-election in 2027, some of us are not going to be part of that because that is an infringement on his fundamental human rights, and it is against the Nigerian Constitution.
“Oppression is what we would never support. We have always been a group of marginalised persons and agitation has always been part of our lifestyle.
“So, standing behind the Rivers State governor to seek re-election come 2027 is not going to be a new thing to us because for us to sit down and allow some group of persons to infringe on his constitutional rights is what we, as a people, will not accept.”
Fubara, Tinubu and Wike...no permanent agreement?