Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has sent a strong message to local government chairpersons in the state, cautioning those who disrespect him that they are setting themselves up for trouble.
The governor issued the warning while inaugurating a Comprehensive Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Ndoni, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area. This health facility, a contribution from former Governor Peter Odili, aims to improve healthcare access for the community.
During his speech, Governor Fubara expressed surprise at the attendance of the local government chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, stressing the usual absence of some chairpersons from state government events due to their allegiance to former governor Nyesom Wike.
His words: “I am surprised that I saw the local government chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni here. I am very surprised because I know that for a very long time, any event that has to do with the state government, all the local government chairmen, as it were, do not participate. I hope when he leaves here, they are not going to sack him.
“I know you are not loyal to me. Are they not going to sack you? Or when you leave here, you will grant a press interview that it was not you. That it was your shadow.
“Let me say it here: every one of you who thinks he is disrespecting me, you have already dug your pit; you will fall inside it.
“Siminalayi Fubara, like a river, will flow in a direction that there is no resistance. One way or the other, we will get to our destination, and we will go with our people.”