Get Guardian on GoogleGovernors elected on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, declared their support for the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.
The PDP Governors’ Forum made the declaration while speaking with journalists after a meeting held in Ibadan. The meeting was held at the Conference Room of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan.
The governors frowned at the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State.
In attendance at the gala night were the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed; Ahmad Fintiri of Adamawa State, Dr Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Senator Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, Barrister Caleb Mutgwang of Plateau State, Dr Agbu Kefas of Taraba State and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State.
Pastor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State was represented by the Deputy Governor Senator Akon Eyakenyi as well as Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State was represented by his Deputy, Monday Onyeme.
Delivering the resolution passed at the end of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum closed-doors meeting, the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Senator Bala Mohammed, who is also the Governor of Bauchi State, said: ”The Forum reasserts our collective determination to avert a rape constitutional democracy hence the decision of approach Supreme Court to give a clear cut verdict on the interpretation provisions of the court on the declaration of State of Emergency.
“The Forum restates its solidarity with His Excellency, Sir S Fubara, on the ordeal into which his state and people are being affected by the declaration of a state of emergency. And we reiterate the commitment to stand with him till the end.”
