{"id":167631,"date":"2025-06-29T18:41:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers"},"modified":"2025-06-29T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T18:50:00","slug":"fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers","title":{"rendered":"Fubara Denies 2027 Campaign Caps Shirts in Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The suspended governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has distanced himself from campaign materials for the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>Fubara said he never authorised the production of campaign caps and shirts for the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with his followers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, the suspended governor said he wants peace so that he can grow.<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes after President Bola Tinubu resolved the political crisis in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Fubara\u2019s political crisis with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory led to his suspension for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also declared a state of emergency in the state.<\/p>\n<p>However, the president resolved the crisis last week during a meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fubara: \u201cI was pissed off. Someone forwarded to me a video showing where they were producing campaign materials\u2014caps and shirts\u2014for the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not aware of it, and I did not authorise or send anyone. Every one of us should understand that we have done our best, and what we need now is this peace for us to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The suspended governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has distanced himself from campaign materials for the 2027 election. Fubara said he never authorised the production of campaign caps and shirts for the 2027 election. Speaking with his followers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, the suspended governor said he wants peace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[10074,254,421],"class_list":["post-167631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-fubara","tag-nigeria","tag-rivers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fubara Denies 2027 Campaign Caps Shirts in Rivers - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The suspended governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has distanced himself from campaign materials for the 2027 election. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fubara Denies 2027 Campaign Caps Shirts in Rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The suspended governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has distanced himself from campaign materials for the 2027 election. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-29T17:41:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-29T18:50:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1751210495.529178.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fubara Denies 2027 Campaign Caps Shirts in Rivers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-29T17:41:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-29T18:50:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1751210495.529178.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fubara\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rivers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-denies-2027-campaign-caps-shirts-in-rivers\",\"name\":\"Fubara Denies 2027 Campaign Caps Shirts in Rivers - 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