The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa, has accused the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of surrendering to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, and abandoning the people of the state after months of political confrontation.

Nwibubasa, while speaking in an interview, said Fubara’s recent statement, confirming his reconciliation with Wike, was a betrayal of Rivers people who stood by him through the political crisis.

He said the governor had created goodwill among the people by presenting himself as a leader determined to free the state from Wike’s political stranglehold only to go back to the same political camp.

“Governor Fubara going into a negotiation with Wike and coming back to say there is reconciliation and that he has given back things to his godfather was his surrender,” he said.

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Nwibubasa said Rivers people backed Fubara because they felt he was committed to defending the interests of the state, recalling that the governor had repeatedly told residents that he would stand against political interference even at great personal cost.

“The pain in what the governor did yesterday is the deceit, the long term deceit, which he has deceived not just his supporters but the people of Rivers State,” he stated.

He also claimed that the governor had forsaken the principles he once claimed to defend by embracing those he previously criticised.

“It is a shame that a man that leadership was entrusted to can turn 360 degrees in a moment of time and throw the people under the bus.”

The ADC governorship hopeful insisted that Fubara had lost the moral right to lead, arguing that leadership is about consistency, vision and the confidence of followers.

“if the governor himself has no place to go, because he has lost his capacity to lead, he’s only a governor, he’s no more a leader.”

Nwibubasa called on Rivers people to chart a new political course, saying the state must be liberated from what he described as entrenched political control.

He also called on residents to shun leaders who, according to him, abandon the ideals they campaigned on after securing the support of the public.

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