Defection: Fubara won’t be missed – PDP chieftain

The Vice Chairman, Central, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Olalemi, says the party will not miss Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, following his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Olalemi stated this, on Wednesday, in Lagos, stressing that Fubara’s decision to leave the PDP was purely personal and driven by his quest for political protection.

“Everybody has the right to belong to where he or she wants. I believe Gov. Fubara’s defection is his personal decision.

“He is looking for protection, and he believes it is President Bola Tinubu that can give him the protection he seeks,” he said.

The PDP chieftain dismissed claims that Fubara’s move was connected to internal issues within the party, insisting that the situation in Rivers predated the challenges facing the PDP at the national level.

Olalemi said the problem in PDP persists owing to what he called the refusal of some individuals to follow due process and the party’s constitution.

He expressed confidence that the PDP would soon stabilise and return to the path of progress.

On whether the party would miss Fubara, Olalemi said the governor had not been active in party affairs and therefore would not be missed, adding that the party wishes Fubara well in his new political journey.

DAILY POST reports that Fubara announced his decision to dump PDP for APC at a stakeholders meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.

According to the governor, he decided to leave the PDP to support Tinubu, adding that he would have become a former governor without Tinubu’s support.