Presidential Peace Pact: “I’ll Surprise You” – Fubara Warns Rivals

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has advised his political opponents not to see his signing of the presidential peace accord as a sign of weakness.

Fubara made the statement while receiving members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) from Rivers’ 23 Local Government Areas on a solidarity visit to the Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, April 3.

According to the Rivers State Governor, he has received numerous opinions regarding the implementation of the presidential peace effort and has chosen to remain mute out of maturity and wisdom.

He further disclosed that when the President intervened in the political crisis that enveloped the state in 2023, the compromise reached was a political solution.

Fubara said; “Let me say it here for record purposes: What is happening here in our dear State is somebody who has respect for an elder. Mr. President invited all the parties to Abuja and came out with a resolution that we should go and implement. That resolution, I am implementing it. It is not a constitutional implementation. It is a political solution to a problem.

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“And I am doing it because of the respect I have for Mr President. But, let me say it here, if that action that I have accepted to take would be seen as a weakness, I will surprise them. I want this message to go to them.

“Some days ago, somebody said we are busy renting crowd for Thanksgiving. But what I have seen here today, it’s not different from what is happening at those Thanksgiving rallies. People are just appreciating God and good governance.

“It should also be about the lives that have been touched genuinely; about the policies implemented without any inducement to better the lives of the people and the society.

“When you are doing what is right, I will stand by you. Nobody, whether full or half is going to intimidate you. Brace up, I say brace up, because the next step, it will be fire for fire in Rivers State. Everything will be implemented.”

A Gentle Reminder: Every obstacle is a stepping stone, every morning; a chance to go again, and those little steps take you closer to your dream.

Nnamdi Okoli