Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Mrs. Beatrice Itubo
LP strikes ‘deal’ with Gov Fubara, withdraws petition against his election
The Labour Party (LP) has dropped its petition against the election of Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 poll.
LP had challenged Fubara’s victory in the exercise with the Appeal Court in Lagos dismissing its petition and upholding the PDP candidate’s win.
But weeks after the development, LP’s governorship candidate in the election, Beatrice Itubo, said the party had dropped the case.
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She said this in a Saturday chat with Channels Television in her Ogbakiri country home of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
According to her, the move followed deliberations with Governor Fubara as she also pledged her support for the current government for the prosperity of the state.
The synergy between Fubara and Itubo is the latest plot in Rivers State politics amid the political crisis rocking the oil-bearing state.
While Itubo had vowed to pursue the election petition to the highest length, insisting that the governorship election process was fraudulent, LP’s most recent move is believed to be connected to the strain between the Governor and his predecessor Nyesom Wike.
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