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Rivers Crisis: Fubara Celebrates, As Labour Party Drops Petition | READ WHY

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Dec 16, 2023

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Rivers Crisis: Fubara Celebrates, As Labour Party Drops Petition | READ WHY

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The Labour Party, LP, has dropped its petition against the election of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara.

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Fubara was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 gubernatorial poll in Rivers State.

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Beatrice Itubo, the LP's governorship candidate in the state, revealed the withdrawal of the petition in an interview with Channels Television on Saturday.

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Itubo also pledged her support for Fubara's government for the progress of Rivers State.

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Recalls that the LP had challenged Fubara's victory but the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos dismissed its petition and upheld the PDP candidate's election.

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The alignment between Fubara and Itubo is the latest development in the political crisis rocking Rivers State, following a face-off between Fubara and his predecessor, Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, Minister Nyesom Wike.

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