“I Am Not Bothered: In The End, Victory Will Come Our Way” – Gov Fubara

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

“No King lives forever; that is the truth ,and no authority lasts forever .But what is important is that within the period that you are in power  or when you reign, try and do wonderful things that will speak for you forever”

With the above words, suspended Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, played down, albeit  philosophically, the disappointment of President Bola Tinubu’s failure to leverage the occasion of this year’s Democracy Day to restore democratic order in Rivers State.

The Source reports that expectations had been high that the President who on March, 18, 2025 proclaimed  emergency rule in Rivers State, and appointed a Sole Administrator after suspending the Governor, his deputy and the state lawmakers for six  months, will use the opportunity of the Democracy Day to restore constitutional order in the State.

But at a joint sitting of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday ,the President rather sought to consolidate the reign of the Administrator Vice Admiral rtd Ibok-Ete Ibas, leaving not a few observers seriously bewildered and disappointed.

However, at an event in Bonny, on Saturday, June 14, 2025, Governor Fubara expressed the optimism that he will triumph at the end of the current tribulations.

According to him, he does not, in anyway, feel  shortchanged or losing anything, insisting that victory will smile on him in the end.

God, he said, has continued to keep and strengthen him so much  so that he does not  feel any personal loss.

What is important, according to him, is to always remain focused, sincere and committed to a good cause in life.

For him, it is not the power in one’s hands that matters, but the use to which it is put, especially in the service of humanity.

“Everybody will not like your style, but when you know that what you doing is right,

you are sure that in 25 to 30 years, if placed in any box, and you are asked a question, you can defend your action. That is what makes you a man.

“Some people accuse me of a lot of things, but the truth is that I can’t be what I am not, or who i am not.

“My message to you our people is for you to be strong. At times you need to lose first to win. For me and anybody who believes in me, I have never considered myself losing anything. It is only when you attach life to things that it will bother you.

“I know that at the end of the day our victory will come to us because we are standing on a solid rock.” Fubara stated