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Fubara Will Return September 18, We’ll Work With Him – Rivers APC

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has pledged to work with Governor Sim Fubara.
This is as the party revealed he will return to office on September 18.
The state APC Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, assured that the party is ready to work with Fubara when he resumes office.
Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Okocha said the party won’t relent in holding Fubara accountable despite agreeing to work with him.
He said, “The governor who was suspended will return to office on September 18. The APC will work with him when he returns.
 
“There are states where the governor and assembly members are in different parties, so we are going to work with him.
 
“However, that will not take away our right to criticise him when he does wrong. But for us, the LG chairmen will work with him, except that we will not agree to vicious policies.”
On March 18, President Bola Tinubu suspended Fubara for six months after declaring a state of emergency in the state.
Tinubu also suspended the deputy governor and the state House of Assembly while appointing a sole administrator.
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2023 Presidency: Wike Reveals Party, Candidate G5 Governors Worked For

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has opened up on the party and candidate G5 govenors agreed to support.
The Governor while speaking on Thursday at the commissioning of Igwuruta internal roads in the Ikwerre Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State admitted that the G5 governors did not work for the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
He said the G5/integrity group agreed among themselves that power must return to the south and they did it which he is proud to say.
The G5 Governors include: Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikepazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).
But speaking on Thursday at the project commissioning in Rivers State, Governor Wike revealed that the G5 Governors agreed to work for both the Labour Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC) which both have southern presidential candidates in the persons of Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu respectively.
Wike disclosed they agreed that in their respective states that if APC comes first, Labour Party must come second and if Labour Party comes first, APC must come second.
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Tinubu Leads Obi, Atiku in Rivers

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress is currently leading in Rivers State.
He has won 10 of the 13 local government areas in Rivers State so far collated in by the Independent National Electoral Commission for last Saturday’s presidential election.
Among the 13 won by the APC is Ikwerre, the LGA of the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
The Collation Officer for Ikwerre LGA, Prof. James Kpolovie, disclosed this while presenting the result to the state collation officer, Prof Charles Adias at the INEC office in Port Harcourt on Monday.
Recall that Amaechi was absent during the presidential rally of the APC in Port Harcourt prior to the elections.
From the results, the APC polled a total of 9,609 to defeat the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party which polled 8,752 and 4,869 to come second and third respectively.
The other LGA’s won by the APC so far are Opobo/Nkoro, Asari-Toru, Abua-Odual, Bonny, Omuma, Gokana, Emuoha, Eleme, Tai, Akuku-Toru.
Meanwhile the Labour Party had won in three LGA so far; Bonny, Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni.
The PDP on its part has so far won three LGA’s namely; Andoni, Okrika and Ogu/Bolo
The state Collation Officer for INEC, Prof Dias has called for a break pending when the remaining LGA’s, including Governor Nyesom Wike’s Obio/Akpor will turn in their votes.

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