Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike is the undisputed leader of the Rainbow Coalition.
Speaking while addressing supporters at the unveiling of the coalition’s candidates in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, with Wike in attendance, Fubara asked members of the Rainbow Coalition to stop identifying with different political figures as their leaders, describing Wike as the “leader of the Rainbow Coalition” and his “Oga”.
Fubara stated that some members who supported him during the political crisis in Rivers still maintained separate leadership identities despite the new political arrangement.
He noted that the different groups were now together under one umbrella and should no longer view themselves as separate political camps.
“I’m aware that there are some issues when some persons who followed me when we had the crisis, when you’re in your meeting, you say, ‘my leader, my leader’,” he said.
“We are now in one house. And because we have one house, there is no issue about who is the leader.”
Governor Fubara fourth said that although some members might still see him as their leader, they should recognise the position of Wike in the coalition.
He appealed to members to resolve the issue and move forward as one political family, cautioning against statements that could suggest competing leadership structures within the alliance.
“I might be your Oga, but we have a common leader now,” he said.
“So please, going forward, this issue of ‘my leader, my leader, my leader’—I want it resolved here.”
