Fubara In Big Trouble As Wike And APC’s Plan For Rivers Gets Exposed
Dr. Salihu Lukman, former Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), has cautioned Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, about an imminent attempt to undermine him through the dissolution of the executive body of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In an article titled “End of Progressive Politics,” Lukman argued that if the dissolution is implemented, congresses would be orchestrated to install new party executives at all levels who are loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Lukman, the immediate past national vice-chairman, North, of the APC, predicted that by 2027, Wike, who has already had a falling out with Fubara, would produce the APC governorship candidate for Rivers State.
He asserted that the APC, under the current leadership of President Tinubu, does not align with the APC envisioned by the founding fathers in 2015 and 2023.
Lukman argued that with a “garrison brand of progressive politics” being played with Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje leading the party, political divisions in the country would be further entrenched.
He said: “The strategy of APC in Rivers State for 2027 will be to further fragment the people of the state. Rather than working to unite political leaders in Rivers State, President Tinubu’s garrison politics will only seek to take advantage of the current division between Amaechi and Wike.
“In addition, Wike will have to incur the political cost of separating from his political godson, Fubara. Even if Fubara achieves all that needs to be achieved as governor of Rivers State, President Tinubu’s garrison politics will emasculate him.
“At this rate, Tinubu is practically pushing Nigerians to bid bye to progressive politics. With such reality, it simply means, the structures of APC in FCT will also be dissolved to produce new APC leaders at all levels of the party, who will be loyal to Wike.
“And any state, where APC is led by people who might have opposed President Tinubu, will similarly be dissolved. Once the circle of imposing stooges as APC leaders at all levels is completed, which started with imposing Dr Ganduje as National Chairman, the next level of imposition will spread to all other democratic institutions to guarantee the supremacy of garrison politics, which will then affirm all the political choices of APC under the leadership of President Tinubu, whatever that means.”
