We’ve defeated our enemies, Fubara tells Ijaw youths

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said those who do not wish him well as the number one man in the state can no longer sleep with their two eyes closed because they have been defeated.

He said this when he hosted the state and national leaderships of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), who were on a solidarity walk to Government House in Port Harcourt on Thursday.

Fubara’s remark comes on the heels of a renewed rift between him and his predecessor, former Governor Nyesom Wike.

He said, “I’m happy that you have come here today. I have also received you because we have one common purpose: to liberate our dear state. We are not going back on that.

“I am happy that you’ve told me this morning that when I call on you, you will respond. But there is nothing to call on you for. Because we have already defeated them.

“By the special grace of God, what they thought that they would have done to us while we were celebrating our one year in office, they are the ones sleeping with their two eyes open. It shows that we have Ijaw blood. And what is that blood? It is the blood of action; less talk, more action.”

The Chairman of IYC, Eastern Zone, Tamuno Kpokpo, clarified that their visit was to lend support in the protection of the interests and continuous development of Rivers State.

He said IYC would stand to resist anybody or group of persons who dare to cause any distraction in the state and appealed that the governor be allowed to govern the state peacefully.

In a related development, the governor has warned that any out-going local government chairman in the state who hurts any well-meaning Rivers person will not be forgiven.

The governor made reference to an incident that happened on Tuesday, where miscreants attacked some persons who attended the inauguration of the Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo Road project on their way home, and said such a show of animosity was utterly needless.

“I am advising those people who call themselves local government chairmen: you have a few days in office. Please conduct yourselves in a peaceful manner. Nobody has the monopoly of violence,” he said.