A factional Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Dr. Nname Ewor, has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of deceiving party leaders and supporters by claiming he could wrest political control from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, only to later abandon the party amid the state’s political crisis.
Ewor alleged that instead of embracing reconciliation after the lifting of emergency rule in Rivers State, Governor Fubara had been boasting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would compel members of the State House of Assembly to pass the budget and also force Wike to work for his re-election.
Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Ewor demanded full disclosure of the terms of the peace agreement brokered by President Tinubu before the emergency rule was lifted, insisting that Rivers people deserved to know the details of any deal affecting the governance of the state.
“The mandate Governor Fubara holds was given to him by the people of Rivers State, and every action or inaction of his affects them. It is therefore incumbent on him to fully disclose all agreements he entered into before the President prior to the lifting of the emergency rule,” Ewor said.
He recalled that Fubara was elected for a four-year term but became embroiled in a crisis with members of the State House of Assembly within his first year in office, a situation that degenerated into the bombing of the Assembly complex and prompted an initial peace pact brokered by President Tinubu.
According to him, the collapse of that agreement plunged the state into prolonged political turmoil, culminating in the declaration of a state of emergency in March 2025.
“During this period, many of us were deceived. We were fed with propaganda and lies, made to believe that the governor would wrestle political control from Wike. Instead, we later saw the true picture,” he said.
Ewor further stated that a second peace agreement brokered during the emergency rule was neither documented nor made public, adding that its eventual collapse led to Fubara’s defection from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in December 2025.
He lamented that the governor, who was elected on the PDP platform, had “taken the party’s mandate” to the APC, describing the move as improper and a betrayal of trust.
The PDP chieftain also raised concerns about the party’s 2025 elective convention in Ibadan, noting that Governor Fubara, who was still a PDP member at the time, failed to attend despite authorising the Rivers State delegation to participate.
“At the Ibadan convention, the Rivers State Executive Committee of our party was dissolved. Asking us to attend when he knew he would not be there amounted to double standards,” Ewor said.
He explained that following the dissolution of the state executive, the PDP National Working Committee constituted a caretaker committee in December 2025, led by himself, with nominations from senior party leaders including former national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, former deputy speaker, Rt. Hon. Austin Opara, and other prominent stakeholders.
Ewor also referenced Wike’s recent thank-you visits across the 23 local government areas of Rivers State, during which the FCT minister alleged that Governor Fubara failed to honour terms of the peace agreement reached before the emergency rule was lifted, including decisions relating to traditional institutions and key appointments.
While acknowledging that issues of second-term ambition were now internal matters of the APC, Ewor insisted that Rivers people must be told the full content of the agreements reached with the President, the FCT minister and the State Assembly.
“These issues affect our collective interest, welfare and peaceful governance of Rivers State. Full disclosure is the only way the governor can be accountable to the people who gave him the mandate,” he said.
Ewor concluded by declaring his alignment with the political stance of the FCT minister and openly endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
