The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 Rivers governorship election, Tonye Cole, has described the feud between the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the current governor of the state, Siminilayi Fubara, as political, News About Nigeria reports.
He stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday.
According to Cole, the interests of the people of the state are not being considered, adding that they are the losers in the ongoing political crisis in the South-South State.
Cole also noted that development has become stagnant in the state following the battle for supremacy between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike.
According to him, Fubara is in a dangerous political situation that is affecting governance in the state.
He said, “As it stands right now, the people of Rivers do not matter in the equation that is being played out.
“If the interests of Rivers people were on the table, we would not even be where we are today. This entire fight is political, and it has to do with a very small political family.
“As we speak today, there is no development. The political battle is affecting the poor man on the street.
“The governor finds himself in a very precarious political situation. Of course, by presenting the budget back to that assembly, what this means is that the assembly led by Martins Amaewhule is recognised as the legal assembly.
“Once that happens, he has to now navigate a possible impeachment issue.
“We have a state where the governor is PDP, the house of assembly based on the court case is APC, and you have a local government structure that is APP. So, you have three different parties running the state.”
