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...and will create more problem for himself because he will now be under close scrutiny.

MyExpression:
Wike has ruthlessly dealt with Fubara's disloyalty.

This new law might stabilize our politics, but it will lead to party godfatherism.

—what will a sitting governor who lost return ticket do with the remaining time in office- with full executive authority?

You've made him ticketless and by the new electoral law, transfer window is closed.
Fubara will loot River state silly - as his last act of power, to secure his personal future.

franchasofficia:
Nobody should blame Fubara, blame Tinubu.

Fubara had almost defeated Wike before Tinubu removed him with emergency rule.


In Nigeria, its not easy to fight with the President, a ruthless, shameless President ready to tumble in the mud just to win political battles.


Tinubu defeated Fubara not Wike.


What Fubara and other aggrieved APC big wig politicians should do now is to silently fight back by making sure Tinubu doesn't win 2027 Presidential election so that they can take their own pound of flesh on him secretly.


Fubara should back an opposition candidate in all Rivers State election secretly and make sure APC doesn't win.



But unfortunately, Tinubu uses both spiritual spell and federal government institutions to fight, all these APC losers will still be deceived with a promise of political appointment on the condition that they must help APC and Tinubu rig and win in their respective states, constituencies and wards, and they will foolishly agree.



They failed to learn from all former loyal Tinubu's political stooges and allies like:

Fashola
Aregbesola
Ambode
El Rufai that helped Tinubu win 2023
Kashim Shettima the Vice President
Nuhu Ribadu who has been sidelined silently
Sanwo-Olu who is like a cow waiting for his slaughter day
etc, etc



Tinubu that is a master in use-and-dump. He only keeps you if you have his dirty boxers with you like Wike and few others.



Una eyes go open wider should you guys sleep and Tinubu succeeds in rigging himself back into office in 2027. Many Nigerians go run comot for Nigeria

They have started misleading him again.

If he takes your advise and Tinubu eventually wins re-election I hope you will be the one taking food to him in EFCC detention cell cos he will definitely be picked up

Freshtruth:
The only way now is for Mr briggs of NDC to step down for him

Step down for him say wetin happen?

Is he a registered member of the NDC?

They will give him a post at federal level

Politicstoday:
I’m disappointed in Fubara for withdrawing from the Rivers APC governorship primary.

He should have considered his followers and the development of Rivers State. Why make a decision that will destroy the destinies of the people who stood by you?

If you weren’t ready to defend the people who risked their lives for you, you shouldn’t have started the fight in the first place.

What now happened to people who risked their lives for you ?

Why the abandoning campaigners, ward coordinators, and grassroots members who invested time, money, and reputation with nothing to show for it.

At this stage, please kindly resign

I’m really disappointed.

All these political amateurs una go just dey talk cho cho cho.

Na so una use cho cho cho push am into fight with person wey pass am by far!

Fubara has been outgunned and out manned, if you were in his position you too would withdraw.

Saladdin:
His political career is completely finished. Na true SIMP this man be. This is what indecision cost him. He had to two options: fight to the finish or quietly do your "yes sir, yes sir" and complete your eight years. Political fights are all or nothing, you don't do half-measure.

Duncan Mighty's music career too is gone. He should forget any singing gig from the state government again. Doing useless praise singing for a weak man. You see how Wike pampers his praise singers, they most likely even followed him to Abuja singing Nye demba, Nye demba for him.

If you wanted to fight your godfather (which was a bad decision anyway), you ought to have gone for the jugular, but you went halfway and backtracked. A very foolish move!

That was weakness and Wike smelt it. Dem no dey us clear eyes fight for village square. Wike is a very formidable and powerful politician & godfather with a well-oiled machinery that can easily bring down this governor. He knows where and how to pull the strings. When Fubara knows he can't fight, he ought to have piped low, because those elders who crafted the quote that when you dine with the devil, you use a long spoon. They came to that painful realization after lots of hard knocks.

On the other hand, you Fubara had one of the largest and deepest war chest in Nigeria. For God's sake, only Lagos, Delta and maybe Kano comes close to what this man has when it comes to state fund. This singular reason plus Wike's ruthlessness gained the president's respect. Tinubu himself respects a ruthless person who is not afraid of showing it at any time.

You could have used that to compensate for your weaknesses and let money FLOW to the right places, surgically dismantle the machinery as swiftly as possible. And had he fought bravely, he clearly had the people's support and wherever he goes most Riverians will follow.

Create a state security apparatus, let the commanders be loyal to you and when election comes, release one long press statement on how those state-security officials need to be present in every polling unit. Then you buy permissible arms, tasers and handcuffs for them. FUND them well, cover every inch of the state that day, switch off your phone while the security outfit do their job. Then give a prior public announcement and firm instruction that whoever engages in malpractice would be arrested, locked up and tried. Then you clearly demonstrate it with the LG election. LOCK THEM UP and follow it up with a speedy court trial. The rest will be very scared to engage in any malpractice.

Follow this up by lobbying to get officials from two or three major countries to specifically come to Rivers to monitor the election! While at this, ensure you pay for sufficient media time in international broadcasting stations let it be aired, and make sure all your ex-Oga's shady files are with you, and have CC'ed the right quarters with copies of it.

While you do this, move to another party, fund it, sponsor candidates and make a public example of few people who fall out of line, then you would see as others will fall in line.

Then even if Wike won, with a big IF, it would have be a pyrrhic victory for him. But as it is now, the Emperor of Rivers has won and he will so deal with you on all fronts. Be grateful if you don't do jail time!

Easier said than done!

INTEGRITYA1:
He have seen the handwritten so clearly.

Don’t outshine your Master.

Fayose warned him, he ignored all the warning.

"You will first see sign before you see wonders"

"You will first see sign before you see wonders.... Haha 😂

phemmyjohnson:
Yall are quick to blame fubara ! You see 34 governors aligned with tinubu by force and you want fubara only to fight tinubu . We all know why tinubu can’t betray wike ! E easy make person help you rig election make you run abandon am ?

Have you seen any governor successfully fight tinubu . Even abia and anambra governor who didn’t join apc are busy shouting his mandate they shall stand ! Ask urself why ?
So you want the man to forcefully fight tinubu alone
Seeing how tinubu locked up his old ally Elrufai like a goat .
Now imagine what tinubu will use to fight fubara .. .

You can see how many law makers and ministers, deputy gov , govs , lost election bid for house and senate . Give the man a break !
Let fubara rest pls ! He has tried ..

34 governors align with Tinubu by force??

You don smoke DX morning again??

This man is a disgrace to wherever he may come from!
Wike 100 -- 0 Fubara

Apart from GEJ, never in my life seen another weakling like Fubara

If no sabi politics, don't venture into it so you don't come out full of shame like Sim Fubara

The wisest decision because Emperor Wike has already said it.

InfoGuru118:
https://verynigerian.com/breaking-fubara-pulls-out-of-apc-governorship-primaries/

I would not blame Gov. Fubara for his choice. His singular act has made him an elder states man. He should just concentrate in governing and completing his tenure well. Life continues after handing over. One Term Governor no be beans.

Politicstoday:
Fubara is highly a coward like Ambode

Ambode did primary, same as Desmond. Fubara is just been wise

Fubara will attempt to tun overseas on the last day of his tenure but the EFCC will get him at the airport. He's going to jail.

ericmor:
Ambode did primary, same as Desmond. Fubara is just been wise

he's shaming people by so cold in fighting the war. Fubara only gave emperor Wike much power to strong niii.

Sammy5413:
Apart from GEJ, never in my life seen another weakling like Fubara

stop calling the man weakling ....u cannot fight ur master and win ...the moment fubara joined APC I know he's truly gone.... They've make a parable for him...." We set trap for a fog but caught an elephant" .... Joining APC means is under the control of serving two masters,a very foolish move and many of u here was praising him ... saying wike is politically gone..... How e be now.?

AMI3:
Better than not to try at all.
Ppppp
Better still let him decamp to another party.
People will not trust him. People stake so much. There are those that was waiting for him to make a step he fail them.

He can't decamp

Yankiss:
APC saved him from impeachment. The real snag is his inability to break a deal with majority assembly members when he had the fund. Tinubu was initially unsure who to side. He was pro Fubara but discovered Wike controlled the grassroots. That's reason for sacrificing Fubara.

it's not APC that saved him from Impeachment but court of justice and the good people of Rivers State.

False

He don dry see spirit

Politicstoday:
He may defect to NDC, his blood brother got the governorship ticket in NDC. Fubara knows what he's doing.

by now u ought to have known dat whoever wike presents for a governor ticket wil eventually win. Fubara going to ndc is a complete waste of time and resources

Politicstoday:
yes. Rivers state voters knows that already.

I pray it works for him

INTEGRITYA1:
He have seen the handwritten so clearly.

Don’t outshine your Master.

Fayose warned him, he ignored all the warning.

"You will first see sign before you see wonders"

"And if you ignore the signs,you can't ignore the wonders that will follow, and that wonders shall never end"
Fear Naija politics

braveboi4life:
He should have come and learn from the Benue State Governor how the game is played

The Benue State governor wasn't under the sustained draconian pressure Fubara endued. Akume is a gentleman, Wike is something else.

ThompsonJoo:
A Bini man does not deny your capacity to kill him, he only promises to kill you too.

It's called "Awa gbele gbe wah". Sir Siminalayi Fubara should learn . Very weak mam

Let me tell you if not Buhari and some high profile politicians were supporting Obaseki against Tinubu and Oshiomole, he cannot survive what he did to his predecessor. That's what Fubara is lacking, had it been he has president support, he would have disgrace Wike to the ground.

Your Proverbs no dey work in politics. Circumstances matter a lot in political atmosphere.

defection window has closed , learn to read and research well before taking part in a discussion

Politicstoday:
He may defect to NDC, his blood brother got the governorship ticket in NDC. Fubara knows what he's doing.

ThompsonJoo:
A Bini man does not deny your capacity to kill him, he only promises to kill you too.

It's called "Awa gbele gbe wah". Sir Siminalayi Fubara should learn . Very weak mam

But it's not a do or die matter just like President Jonathan said then.
There is life after elections and politics.
He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
This world is transient and passing away fast, even for the oppressors who think they have it all together.
It's still slipping away beyond their control.
So why all these pride, wickedness, bravado, etc. We are all just mortals.

Politicstoday:
I’m disappointed in Fubara for withdrawing from the Rivers APC governorship primary.

He should have considered his followers and the development of Rivers State. Why make a decision that will destroy the destinies of the people who stood by you?

If you weren’t ready to defend the people who risked their lives for you, you shouldn’t have started the fight in the first place.

What now happened to people who risked their lives for you ?

Why the abandoning campaigners, ward coordinators, and grassroots members who invested time, money, and reputation with nothing to show for it.

At this stage, please kindly resign

I’m really disappointed.

I stand with your position on this.
A strong man will stand to fight even if it means to be harassed by the Federal might.

As a governor, he has powers too, some instruments of which media is part of them, many people will be enlightened and stands by him.

He however must have his hands clean.

If great Mandela of South African chicken out to avoid fight, his name wont be imprinted in History book.

For him saying he will support any candidate that emerge, does that means he has totally throw in the towel??

mirrael68:
But it's not a do or die matter just like President Jonathan said then.
There is life after elections and politics.
He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
This world is transient and passing away fast, even for the oppressors who think they have it all together.
It's still slipping away beyond their control.
So why all these pride, wickedness, bravado, etc. We are all just mortals.

Well, if we continue as you said, then you think this country will ever get to the promise land

When every predecessors want to control the successors, that Godfatherism will not bring the desired growth and development to the country.

Politics is not for the weak. Especially as the Governorship level when he has enough resources and power to fight too.

He just have to be smart and intelligent to go about it..

Tinubu didn't support Fubara.
So, best decision is to withdraw from re-election contest.
Case closed.

Wike, you can rest now

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

InfoGuru118:
https://verynigerian.com/breaking-fubara-pulls-out-of-apc-governorship-primaries/

Politicstoday:
You are a lazy thinker . He can move to any party and contest too.

If a person withdraws from his party’s primary election (or leaves before emergence as candidate), the law does not expressly say “you can never join another party.”
PLACNG
But under the 2026 Act, parties must submit their membership register to INEC before primaries, and only eligible members in that process can be voted for under party nomination rules. That means moving late to another party may make lawful nomination difficult or impossible depending on timing and compliance.
Credit: PLACNG
So the practical answer is:
Yes, a politician may withdraw and contest under another party only if he legally qualifies under that new party’s nomination process and INEC requirements.

Hope for Fubara to move to any party of his choice to contest for governorship election.

And they'll go and withdraw their register from inec to insert Fubara's name, right?