Tonye Cole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 Rivers State election, has shed light on why Governor Siminalayi Fubara may have disregarded President Bola Tinubu’s intervention amid the ongoing political crisis in the state.
Speaking on the matter, Cole stated that if Fubara truly ignored Tinubu, there must have been underlying reasons.He suggested that either the proposed solution was perceived as unfair or failed to address the core issues at hand.
“A president is a very powerful force, and if a state governor chooses to ignore a president, then it must mean one of two things.
“Either the solution presented to the governor was so one-sided that he felt it was unfair and not worth obeying, or he felt that the solution did not address the issue at hand at all,” Cole explained.
President Tinubu, in his Tuesday night broadcast, expressed disappointment over the escalating crisis in Rivers State and declared a state of emergency.
He also accused Governor Fubara of demolishing the State House of Assembly and disregarding his efforts to mediate peace.
Cole said if both parties involved in the crisis ignored the President, they should be held accountable.
He, however, insisted that Tinubu’s remarks specifically pointed to Fubara’s refusal to heed his calls.
