One of the 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress APC from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Enemi George,says they are not going back to their former party.
George, who was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s program Politics Today on Wednesday said they have moved to the APC to stick with Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“We have crossed that Rubicon. We have move to the APC. We voted for the President, if we find Mr President worthy of our votes then I think we should find him worthy of our support.
“We have moved over to join his Renewed Hope Agenda to work hands in gloves with him to ensure that the expectations of Nigerians are fulfilled. So, we have moved to the APC and we are working with the President, we have crossed that Rubicon and there is no going back for us,” George said.
George also gave an account of President Bola Tinubu’s peace deal reached with the warring factions of Rivers state at the Villa on Monday.
According to him,over 150 persons comprising elders, National Assembly members and others from both the governor’s side and that of the Minister of the FCT attended the peace meeting with the president where ” For
“For every item that was considered, the President gave both parties the option of controverting or agreeing. So, each item was deliberated and was agreed on.
“At the end of the deliberations, parties were asked to come up and append their signatures to the document and Mr President said, ‘Do I have your approval to release this to the press?’ and everybody echoed yes.
“And so, everybody signed on the document and then we moved forward. The governor signed and he gave a speech that he was committed to that agreement; Mr Speaker also made a speech and committed to accepting all the agreement,”
Recall that before the president’s intervention where the eight resolutions were reached, Rivers state was enmeshed in a political crisis between the governor and his erstwhile godfather, Nyesom Wike that created fear, anxiety and uncertainty with the climax being the razing down of the Assembly complex.
Before that, an attempt to impeach the governor led to a string of impeachment and defections in the Assembly and resignations at the State Executive Council
