Rivers Gov. Fubara Defects to APC, Cites Alignment with President Tinubu

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He made the announcement during a stakeholders meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt.

Explaining his decision, Governor Fubara stated, “We can’t support President [Tinubu] if we don’t fully identify with him, not just backyard support. Our decision this evening is that we are moving to the APC.”

This major political shift occurs amidst sustained tension in the oil-rich state.

It follows a confidential meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Fubara at the State House in Abuja on Monday, which took place against a backdrop of escalating political friction and ongoing uncertainty about the governor’s position within the PDP.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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