By: Felix Ikpotor
Rivers Women Unite for Sim (RWUS), a political pressure group loyal to the Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara has declared their support for the Nyesom Wike-led Renewed Hope Family and Rainbow Coalition in the state.
The group also declared support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogundu Kingsley Chinda and all candidates of the party in the 2027 general elections.
The group said they have decided to allign with the decision Governor Fubara who had earlier declared his return to the political family which produced him as governor of the state.
Convener of the group, Sotonye Toby-Fulton while addressing members of the group at their monthly prayer meeting on Thursday, urged them to accept the decision in good faith and for the interest of peace in the state.
”As women who have decided to be politically active, we must accept our fate.
”We’ll remain united. You can’t say you stand with Fubara and go at the back saying something different. This is where I stand and if you are with me, we’ll continue to stand together and pray; and I’m reiterating it because we can’t pray together if we don’t agree.
”So we are part of the Renewed Hope Family. We are part of it. May the good Lord make of it whatever he wills,” Toby-Fulton said.
She thanked the women for remaining faithful to the course and praying for the peace of Rivers State. She averred that the prayers of the women contributed to averting the predicted bloodbath in the state.
”Despite anything, we haven’t seen the kind of bloodshed that was predicted in Rivers State and we believe God will grant us more peace and our children won’t die, ” she added.
Addressing the concerns of those that maybe disappointed by the decision, Toby-Fulton said the women are free to associate with other groups but warned against backstabbing the group and her leaders.
”There is freedom of association and we are free to associate but don’t sell lies to the groups that you are joining. If it is not said by RWUS don’t go there to say it is RWUS, ” she warned.
A former Rivers State chairperson of Federated Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Barr. Adata Bio-Briggs expressed satisfaction with the move by the governor, saying it will sustain the existing peace in the state.
”We are grateful that our prayers have been answered. We prayed and asked God for this peace between Governor Fubara and his leader which God has done; and as his core supporters, we be live in his vision and leadership, and so what he has done we’ll follow,” Bio-Briggs assured.
Mrs Atonye Green, another leader in the group said she’s happy, adding that the governor’s decision to return to his leader, Nyesom Wike is the best decision for the state.
”As a woman, I’m happy because the governor has shown so much love to the women here in Rivers State, so we can’t go elsewhere. We stand with him because he knows the importance of belonging to his family again. We have seen that his decision is best for everyone in Rivers State and we just have to align and work with him, ” she stated.
Port Harcourt Spectator reports RWUS was the only group still standing with the governor after the disbandment of the Simplified Movement immediately after the return from emergency rule in the state. However, with this declaration, all known Fubara’s structures have fully alligned with the Rainbow Coalition and Renewed Hope Family led by Nyesom Wike.
