Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara has asked his
supporters to stop calling him their leader and to recognise the Minister of
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as the leader of all
political groups in the state.
Fubara made the declaration on Tuesday, October 27, at
the official unveiling of the Rainbow Coalition at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in
Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Addressing the gathering, he urged members of his
former support base who had joined the coalition to respect its leadership
structure, stating that he was no longer their leader within the political
arrangement.
"Let me say something here so that it will always
help us while we move forward," he said. "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.' 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."
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