PDP crisis: Umar Sani reveals why Gov Fubara didn’t attend convention

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Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, did not attend the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national convention that took place in Oyo State over the weekend, according to PDP chieftain Umar Sani.

Fubara was one of the PDP-elected governors who was noticeably absent from the party’s current convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The governors of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas, and Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, were also not present. The latter has declared that he will shortly leave the PDP.

Nonetheless, the ceremony was attended by the governors of Adamawa State (Ahmadu Fintri), Plateau State (Caleb Muftwang), Bauchi State (Bala Mohammed), Zamfara State (Dauda Lawal), and Oyo State (Seyi Makinde).

It was learnt that Fubara also boycotted the convention over his ties with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike-led faction of the party.

ZINGTIE says that despite contradicting court orders trying to prohibit the drill, the convention has already kicked off.

According to Sani, Fubara is in a cage and doesn’t participate in the party’s events.

“Fubara has been caged. And you know it. You know that all the landmines that were placed before him to make him not be interested in participating in politics are there,” he said on Arise TV.

“Fubara is neither here nor there. He has not come out publicly to say he’s no longer a member of the PDP, and that is why, in our program of activities at the convention, his picture was there, because he’s still a member of the PDP, unless he says otherwise.

“Now you just told me that the governor of Taraba is completing his medical [treatment] and going on transfer to APC; that makes him, you know, an outgoing member of the PDP. He has already made a declaration. But as far as we are concerned, Fubara has not made any declaration. He’s still a member of the PDP.

“And there’s nothing we can say other than to say he’s still a member.

“I don’t think there was that need for us to [call Fubara to attend the convention] because it is an invitation that is extended to every member of the party; you are invited to come or at liberty not to come.

“So we don’t have to call him on the phone or do anything other than to invite him.”

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