‘All The Landmines Placed Before Him Are There’ – Sani Gives Reason For Fubara’s Failure To Attend PDP Convention

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Sani, has stated that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, remains a member of the party despite the political challenges surrounding him.

Abia Radio News reports that Sani made this known while speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday, on Fubara’s failure to attend the party’s recent national convention.

Sani dismissed claims that the party leadership ought to have contacted Fubara directly, stressing that attendance at the convention was open and voluntary to all members.

According to him, there are different landmines placed before Fubara to make him uninterested in participating in politics.

He stated that Fubara’s photo was included in the convention programme because he had not announced his exit from the party, unlike the Governor of Taraba State, who he claimed had openly declared his intention to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Sani reiterated that the party still recognises Fubara as its member until he publicly declares otherwise.

He said, “You know that all the landmines placed before him (Fubara) to make him not to be interested in participating in politics is there. He’s neither here nor there. He has not come out publicly to say he’s no longer a member of PDP, and that is why, in our program of activities at the convention, his picture was there, because he’s still a member of the PDP, unless he says otherwise.

“Now you just told me that the governor of Taraba has just mentioned that he’s completing his medical going on transfer to APC. That makes him, you know, an outgoing member of the PDP. He has already made a declaration. Fubara hasn’t made any declaration, and as far as we are concerned, he’s still a member of the PDP, and there’s nothing we can say other than that.

“I don’t think there was that need for us speaking to him ahead of the convention because it is an invitation that is extended to every member of the party, you are invited to come or at liberty not to come. So we don’t have to call him on phone or do anything other than to invite him.”

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