A public affairs analyst, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has urged the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to declare his intention to seek re-election.
Speaking in Port Harcourt on Friday, Inko-Tariah, the former Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, wondered why the state had witnessed low political activity ahead of next year’s general election.
He lamented that political parties and politicians in the state were not actively preparing for the elections.
He blamed the situation on what he called state capture, claiming that powerful interests were influencing political processes.
But he said the governor should leverage the organic support he still enjoyed in the state to make his intentions clear.
Inko-Tariah said,” The primaries are coming up. The sad part of it is that this man (Fubara), even without the nod of Mr President in a free and fair election, will win because he still has organic support.
“I will enjoin the governor of Rivers State, His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, to contest because he has the organic support. Rivers’ people are solidly behind him.
“And I also have a conviction from the snippets of information coupled together that the All Progressive Congress national is solidly behind him.In a free and fair election, Fubara doesn’t need anybody’s support. He just needs the support from the people.”
Inko-Tariah expressed worry that the will of the people may not prevail in the 2027 elections in the state, saying candidates could be imposed on the people.
