APC Will Work With Governor Fubara – Party Assures

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

Strong indications emerged on Tuesday September 2, 2025, that suspended Governor of Rivers state, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, may be on his way to the All Progressive Congress, APC.

The Source reports that Fubara, who was in 2023, elected Governor of Rivers State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, was on March 18, 2025,  suspended from office alongside members of the state House of Assembly.

Their suspension was sequel to the declaration of a State of Emergency in the state by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who also proceeded to appoint a Sole Administrator Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, for the six months duration of the emergency rule.

All things being equal, Governor Fubara and the State Lawmakers are set to return to their duty posts on or before September 18, which will mark the expiry date of the emergency rule.

At a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday , the Rivers state APC Chairman Chief Tony Okocha,  celebrating the party’s victory in the August 30 Local Council Polls informed that the Party is set to work together with Governor Fubara on his resumption of office.

However, he insisted that working with the Governor’

who is of the PDP extraction will not stop the APC from carrying out its constitutional role of keeping the Government in check as an opposition party.

“There are states where the Governors and Assembly members are of different Parties. So, we, as APC, are going to work with the Governor.

“However, that will not  take away our right to criticize him when he goes wrong. But for us ,the Local Government Chairmen will work with him except that we will not agree to vicious policies”, Okocha stated.

The Source further reports  that the opposition APC won 20 out of the 23 Local Councils of the State during the just concluded Local Council Polls.

The ruling PDP in the state as part of the deal said to have been struck between Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, and the APC was allocated three Local Councils .

As the date for Governor Fubara’s  return to the Brick House draws nearer, there are strong and widespread speculations suggesting that arrangements may  have been concluded for him and the members of the State House of Assembly to formally join forces with the APC .

The defection of Fubara to the rival APC is believed to be  one of the cardinal points of the much touted truce brokered between him and his political mentor,Wike some months back by the president.

He is also expected to work for the second term bid of President Tinubu alongside Wike, and the law makers.

While there may be pockets of pressure for him to jettison some contentious aspects of the agreement, the returning Governor is most unlikely to go against those that  contributed to his suspension him from office.