Former All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has lamented that political crisis between Governor Sim Fubara and FCT minister Nyesom Wike has set the state back by 20 years.
Tonye made this remark on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’.
He stressed the need for everyone to come together in unison to build what he described as a new Rivers State, noting that he and others are reaching out to all aggrieved parties and bringing everyone together.
“I am one of those that have reached out across the board to different people, calling them and saying to them that look, we have fought a fight that has left Rivers State further back 20 years than we have ever been in our entire history as a state, and this is one of the times when we now must all come together to build a new Rivers State.
“And we have to do that across party lines. We don’t care whether you are PDP, whether you are APC, whether you are ADC, whether you are NDC. What we care about now is that Rivers State has to seek the best from everywhere, bring them together, and let us forge a master plan that allows us to move forward.
“Because we have tried the division, we have tried the fighting, and that has failed. So, how do we move the state forward? And that’s where we are. So we are reaching out to all aggrieved parties, and we are bringing everybody together to say, you know what? Can we agree that we now need to move Rivers State forward?
“The only way to do that is to bring the best from all the camps and let us put ourselves together so that we can deliver a new Rivers State. That is how we build this new state. If not, we’re going into another very bitter division, which will not progress us,” he said.
Wike, Fubara crisis set Rivers back by 20 years – Tonye Cole laments