Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his supporters to stop referring to him as their political leader and instead recognise the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as the leader of political groups in the state.
Fubara made the declaration on Tuesday, October 27, during the official unveiling of the Rainbow Coalition at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Addressing the gathering, the governor spoke directly to members of his former support base who had joined the coalition. He urged them to respect the new political arrangement and recognise its leadership structure as they moved forward together.
According to Fubara, some of his supporters had continued referring to him as their leader during meetings, particularly those who stood by him during the political crisis that divided him and Wike.
However, the governor said that the formation of the coalition meant they were now part of one political group and should no longer allow disagreements over leadership to create divisions among members.
Fubara acknowledged that he remained their governor but stressed that they now shared a common political leader within the coalition.
He said:
“Let me say something here so that it will always help us while we move forward. I’m aware there are some issues where some persons who followed me when we had the crisis, when you’re in your meeting, you say, ‘My leader, my leader.’”
He continued:
“We are now in one house. And because we have one house, there is no issue about who is the leader. I might be your oga (governor), but we have a common leader now. So please, going forward, this issue of ‘my leader, my leader, my leader’, I want it resolved here and now.”
The governor’s remarks signal a call for unity among members of the Rainbow Coalition and a shift in how his former supporters should identify their political leadership within the new arrangement.
The development also draws attention to the evolving political relationship between Fubara and Wike, who were previously involved in a prolonged political dispute in Rivers State.
By asking his supporters to stop addressing him as their political leader within the coalition, Fubara emphasised the need for members to align with the group’s agreed leadership structure as they move forward.
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