The support base of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has added another strength following the pledge of loyalty from a former ally of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike and member representing Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Boniface Emerengwa.
The ranking member of the House of Representatives made the pledge when he visited Governor Fubara at Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday evening, to show solidarity and support to the governor.
Emerengwa hails from Ikwerre Local Government Area, the Headquarters of all the four Ikwerre-speaking LGAs, which also includes Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Obio/Akpor, and Emohua.
The Reps member explained that he was throwing his total support and loyalty to the administration of Fubara because it was undisputable that the Governor is both the leader of the Poeples Democratic Party (PDP) and the state.
Elected House of Representatives member since 2015, Emerengwa, said he had come to the realisation that it was unnecessary and futile to continue to struggle and fight over who controls the party and leads the state when the party and the nation’s constitutions were clear on the issue.
He pledged to mobilise thousands of his supporters in his constituency and lead them to join the Governor in his efforts of taking the State to heights of sustained peace and development.
The former chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area said that Rivers people had made their choice through their votes and gave their mandate to Governor Fubara.
He said, having secured electoral victory on March 18, 2023, which had been affirmed by the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Governor Fubara had become the Number One Citizen of the State as prescribed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He noted that only the blind will not see the giant strides Governor Fubara was already making in various sectors of the State, adding that the best way to assist the State grow as Rivers people was to support the Governor in every way possible to achieve sustainable peace and accelerate inclusive development of the State.
Emerengwa was accompanied to Government House by three other House of Representatives members, Hon Awaji-Inombek Abiante of Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency; Hon Boma Goodhead of Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru Federal Constituency; and Hon Anderson Allison Igbiks of Okrika-Ogu/Bolo Federal Constituency, who are strong supporters of Governor Fubara.
This new pledge of allegiance is coming in the wake of a flurry of resignations of elected politicians across the local government areas, who have vowed to support Governor Fubara to succeed.
It would be recalled that Emerengwa is an accomplished lawyer and politician, who was a former Ikwerre Local Government Chairman between January 1, 1999 and January 1, 2002, and former Rivers State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.
