Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State decried what he termed ongoing efforts to destroy the soul of the state.
He talked in the midst of the current power struggle between himself and Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and his immediate predecessor.
Nonetheless, the governor denounced the immorality of politics and resentment, emphasizing that it poses a grave threat to the advancement of the state.
Fubara was speaking at Sir Celestine Omehia, a former governor of the state’s Ubima country residence in Ikwerre Local Government Area where he visited with a group of some elders from the state to offer their condolences on the recent passing of his mother, Mrs Ezinne Cecilia Omehia.
“I have come here with very few respected elders of the state, to come and support you and say to you that ‘we sorrow with you.
“The most important thing is to show our concern and love. Any human being who shows enmity to death, that person is not even normal.
“We also rejoice with you for a life lived well to fulfilment by Mama. We wish Mama a safe journey. Let her stay well where she has gone.
“I will not, I repeat, I will not govern our dear state on my knees. If that was the purpose, I will not do that. I will stand to govern our dear state and stand continually on the side of right.”
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