International multimedia journalist and former BBC correspondent Donu Kogbara has described the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, as a weak man.
She stated this during an appearance on Arise News while reacting to Fubara’s decision to withdraw from the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primaries.
She described Fubara’s withdrawal as “a complete surrender.”
“It was a complete surrender of a very weak man,” Kogbara said while reacting to Fubara’s decision.
She said the dispute between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, reached a point where the governor either had to fully resist political pressure or give in.
“Either he was going to be able to completely dominate Fubara throughout his tenure as governor, or he was going to be able to remove him if Fubara refused to play along,” she said.
Kogbara said she supported Fubara during the political tensions in Rivers State because she believed he was being treated unfairly.
“I supported Fubara, thinking that we can’t allow this man to be completely disgraced,” she said.
She also criticised political godfatherism and said elected governors should not be forced into continuous concessions.
“I don’t think that a governor should be so trapped that he has to continuously concede to his godfather,” she said.
Kogbara further claimed many Rivers residents were unhappy with recent political developments in the state.
“They are absolutely furious,” she said.