The suspended River State Governor Sir Similanayi Fubara has responded to some of the allegations announced by President Bra Tinubu in the state on Tuesday, March 18.
In delivering the national Brodcast, President Tinubu recalled the development of Rivers along Memory Lane, narrating what he described as some of the shortcomings of the Fubara road.
When Governor Nelson Chukwudi responded to the allegation in a statement issued by his chief press secretary Nelson Chukwudi, Governor Fobara said he did nothing to stop criminal groups and activists from posing a good threat to the threat of attacking oil facilities.
He also said that after being demolished, he abandoned the Rivers State Capitol and said the new complex was 80% completed, which was wrong.
The state’s suspended governor attributed some developments in the state to the controversial comments made by the FCT minister to Ijaws Nyesom Wike, who said he refused to apologize when people asked him to do so.
He also listed other circumstances in which Vick’s supporters alleged Stoke tensions, adding that his own loyalists remained calm.
“The reactions of stakeholders in the Niger Delta, especially the elders, chiefs, women, Ilya National Assembly, its youth wings, IYC, IYC and activists, were recorded to be triggered by remarks from the Federal Minister of Capital Territory (FCT). The polity says that ijaws are not the only ones are militants and can blow up Ogonis, Ikwerres and others are also militants and can blow up pipelines.
Most Ijaw groups and leaders even asked the FCT minister to apologize, and he refused.
Public records available show that Governor Forbala has been handed over to the Nigerian Air Force on multiple occasions and the handover of the AW139 helicopter between March 3 and 13, 2025, to the Nigerian Air Force, explicitly expressing his government’s commitment to the peace, safety and security of the state’s oil engine facilities.
He often recalls his key role as a member of the presidential committee for the protection of oil facilities in the region and repeatedly stresses the need to protect the state’s oil pipelines and other facilities, urging his supporters and the people of the country to avoid behaviors that can damage the state or damage the country’s economy.
Since its founding as CEO of Rivers State, Fubara Governor Fubara has prioritized investments to improve the welfare and operational equipment of armed forces and security agencies within the state by establishing livable offices and accommodations for officials and men and by donating vehicles, gunships, helicopters, helicopters, and other effectiveness for officials, donating vehicles, gunships, helicopters, helicopters, and other effectiveness.
His commitment to the state’s comprehensive peace and good governance has increased to the country’s oil production and revenue since May 29, 2023, as the state’s continued increase in revenue from the state has been shown throughout the months.
The statement about the governor’s impunity was to demolish the temple of the state capitol and to rebuild Chambers 14 months later, Governor Forbara acted based on professional advice and guidance.
To clarify, the former governor and now FCT minister repeatedly criticized the dilapidated and leaked parliamentary complex and during commissioning of the General Assembly dormitory in August 2022, challenging legislators’ responsibility for the poor condition of the building, refusing to request a reconstruction of the requirement to ensure its legislative environment that supports legal merchants.
It must be noted that after the events and experts’ reports on October 29, 2023, the government decided to pay attention to the old demands of lawmakers for the reconstruction of the facility and quickly demolished the broken structure to make the state-of-the-art assembly complex located at nearly 80% of the time.
It is worth recalling that, following the most peaceful and violent local government election held in the state on October 5, 2024, supporters of the FCT ministers stormed and razed the ground in the secretariat of some local government committees without retaliation from any Governor Fubara supporters.
It is also necessary to draw the attention of security agencies that the LGA who released these attacks is a place where repeated witnesses of violence committed by government critics led by Governor Fubara.
That’s why security agencies focus on real suppliers of violence, critically assess these incidents and work to investigate to reveal the elements behind the crime and bring them to justice without leaving them inaction or obstacles.
Obviously, while preaching peace and nonviolence, even in the face of extreme provocation, it is a “telegram attack on the oil pipeline” and a violation of the peace he has worked to promote and maintain in order to promote and maintain the interests of the country. ”
