Fubara's APC Screening Lasts Under 10 Minutes

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara faced a brief and reportedly tense screening session by the All Progressives Congress governorship committee on Sunday at the Plateau State Governors Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, highlighting ongoing political tensions ahead of the party's primaries.

Fubara arrived around 3:15 p.m. for the mandatory vetting process for incumbent governors seeking reelection. Witnesses described his interaction with the committee, chaired by APC National Secretary Ajibola Basiru in the absence of National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda, as unusually short, lasting less than 10 minutes. He left the venue abruptly, appearing visibly upset, and declined to comment when approached by journalists, stating only, "No comment." Unlike other governors screened in recent days, committee members did not escort Fubara out, according to observers.

The episode occurs amid a prolonged political rift between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Wike, who controls significant party structures in Rivers State through what he calls a Rainbow Coalition spanning APC and PDP factions, has vowed not to support Fubara's second term. Party...