On Tuesday, Dan Ulasi, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, stated that the party’s Governors Forum ought to have convened with Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on the issue involving Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara.
According to Ulasi, the PDP ought to have met with the minister before their colleague in an attempt to address the state’s crisis, since Wike appointed Fubara as governor.
In the midst of his confrontation with Fubara, Wike threatened to upset any governor who tried to seize control of the Rivers State structure. To this, he replied.
Over the weekend, Wike had made the warning at the PDP congress in Port Harcourt.
However, Ulasi said: “There is a crisis in Rivers State, and it developed from the primaries. The governor of a state is supposed to be the leader of the party because Wike was when he was a governor.
“Only the NWC can say who is the leader of a state because it’s not in our party constitution. The governor only assumes the role; they fund and make the party function.
“The crisis has gone beyond the call of duty because I expected the 13 governors of the PDP to have sat down with Wike and asked him, ‘What’s your problem?’ They have done one good thing by absorbing the Rivers governor into their fold, but they are being divisive.
“They should have first sat down with the minister to understand the problem before meeting with their own colleague, because making someone a governor in this country is not something you pick up on the street. You make somebody a governor if you have the apparatus of power.”
