Presidential Peace Pact: “If that action that I have accepted to take would be seen as a weakness, I will surprise them” – Fubara

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has cautioned his political adversaries against interpreting his endorsement of the presidential peace pact as a display of weakness.

Fubara made this assertion during a gathering with members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) from all 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State, who paid a solidarity visit to the Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, April 3.

Addressing the issue, Governor Fubara mentioned that he has been inundated with various remarks concerning the implementation of the peace initiative. However, he chose to maintain silence, which he attributed to maturity and wisdom.

Furthermore, he disclosed that the intervention by the President during the political unrest that plagued the state in 2023 resulted in an agreement based on a political resolution.

“Let me say it here for record purposes: What is happening here in our dear State is somebody who has respect for an elder. Mr. President invited all the parties to Abuja, and came out with a resolution that we should go and implement. That resolution, I am implementing it. It is not a constitutional implementation. It is a political solution to a problem, he said

“And I am doing it because of the respect I have for Mr President. But, let me say it here, if that action that I have accepted to take would be seen as a weakness, I will surprise them. I want this message to go to them.

“Some days ago, somebody said we are busy renting crowd for thanksgiving. But what I have seen here today, it’s not different from what is happening at those thanksgiving rallies. People are just appreciating God and good governance.

“It should also be about the lives that have been touched genuinely; about the policies implemented without any inducement to better the lives of the people and the society.

“When you are doing what is right, I will stand by you. Nobody, whether full or half is going to intimidate you. Brace up, I say brace up, because the next step, it will be fire for fire in Rivers State. Everything will be implemented.”