Rivers State House of Assembly lawmaker Honourable Lolo Isaiah Opuende has warned Governor Siminalayi Fubara against using his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a strategy to establish dominance over FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the state legislature.
Speaking during an interview from 7:49 with Nigerian Info FM, Opuende acknowledged the governor’s constitutional right to change party affiliation. “The governor has right and the freedom to associate the constitution, so he empowered him. So we have nothing to say. If he has defected, it is a welcome development. At least we all can be in the same party and work together for the development of the state if he sees it from that angle,” he said.
The lawmaker cautioned that Fubara should not view his party switch as a power play against his former political mentor. “But if he sees his defection as gaining supremacy over whatever that is when he will start having power tussle with some other person. You will start flexing muscle with some other persons because you defecting from PDP where you’ve lost grip and going into APC where you may not even have another grip is another question to ask because if I am leaving a party I should be able to leave with some structures that will be accepted,” Opuende stated.
He claimed that the Rivers state lawmakers’ defection included bringing established political structures. Opuende noted that widespread defections are occurring across Rivers State politics, indicating acceptance of party-switching as a political reality. However, he challenged Fubara to demonstrate organizational capacity within the APC as the lawmakers have done. View, More,
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