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Ijaw Group Drums Support For Rivers Gov Fubara

POSTED ON June 7, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey
River States Governor Siminalayi Fubara/ Photo credit: Vanguard

A sociopolitical group, Ijaw Unity Vanguard (IUV), has said that Ijaw people of Rivers State will continue to support Governor Siminalayi Fubara, for whatever reason.

IUV, in a statement on Friday signed by its President, Comr. Dagogo Tamuno-Idah, was reacting to what it called a misrepresentation of facts by some persons regarding a communique of the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress on the political crisis in Rivers State.

The statement read in parts: “Our attention has been drawn to the false narrative by promoters of former governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the recent position of the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress.

“The promoters of Wike erroneously claim that, the Ijaw people have abandoned their son and current Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State.

“These reckless and misguided elements specifically sight the communique of the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress, read by the President of Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress, Senator George Sekibo after an extraordinary meeting, held on Saturday, June 1st, 2024, in Portharcourt, Rivers State.

“For the records, the extraordinary ordinary meeting of the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress was not a referendum between Governor Fubara and the FCT Minister.

“Therefore, there is no way the Ijaw people in Rivers State would have pitched tent with Wike over their son, Governor Fubara.

“It is necessary to remind the falsehood merchants that, Ijaw people waited for 24 years to have their own as governor of Rivers State.

“Why then would Ijaw people suddenly abandon Governor Sim, an Ijaw man, within a year for a man (Wike) who was declared an enemy of the Ijaw nation in 2022 by the Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC)?

“We want everyone to take note of resolution of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) in their meeting of Tuesday, June 04, 2024, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, wherein the leadership of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) resolved not the abandon their son, Governor Siminalayi Fubara in the Rivers political crisis.

“We want the world to know that, Ijaw people are not sellouts, we will never betray our own, no matter the offer,” Tamuno-Idah stated.

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