A former spokesperson for the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Anabs Sara-Igbe, on Saturday said Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State wanted to resign from his position due to the face-off with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
Sara-Igbe said the intervention of some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stopped Fubara from resigning.
The National Coordinator, South-South Leadership Forum, said Fubara was not fully in control of Rivers State funds.
Speaking with Channels Television, Sara-Igbe said the governor is having difficulties running the state.
According to Sara-Igbe: โThe money coming from the Federation Account, Wike tied the money to one project or the other.
โSo, when the money comes, it goes to the banks and they collect theirs from it and pay the contractors.
โOf course, we didnโt even know the cost of the contracts, so when this governor felt, โhow will I run a government when I donโt have the resourcesโ, the minister became hostile to the governor and the governor said โokay, let me resign if that is the caseโ. The PDP elders prevailed on him not to resign, thinking it would be messy.โ
Wike and Fubara have been at loggerheads, which has plunged the state into crisis.
Twenty-seven lawmakers in the state had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, due to the rift.
Several commissioners have also resigned their positions due to the face-off between Wike and Fubara.