Magnus Ibe, a former Rivers State Senator, has said that the governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, can not be described as the state’s leader because he has yet to reach that height.
Abe said this in an interview on TVC’s Politics Night on Thursday.
He noted that Fubara is just a governor, not the leader of Rivers State.
According to him, this is because being the state leader goes a great deal beyond governing the state.
He said, “Being a governor has made him the leader of the government of Rivers State. But when you say political leader, that is something that you have to work to earn. To say Fubara is the political leader of Rivers State is a much broader context of leadership, and it takes time to build that kind of confidence, followership, support, and trust.
“Leadership is all about trust, and sometimes, navigating this difficult water helps bring you out as a leader when you begin to trust yourself and can rely on the direction you provide. But he is the governor of Rivers State, and it is his responsibility to work towards that leadership. But to say he is the political leader of Rivers will put leadership into a broad context. And it takes time to get there.”
Abe’s claim is coming following his settlement with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the immediate former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike.
News About Nigeria gathered that Abe had been in a protracted political feud with Wike but recently reconciled with him.
The former senator shared the news about their reconciliation in a post on his official Facebook account.
