{"id":179924,"date":"2025-09-23T16:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:18:58","slug":"rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: \u2018I don\u2019t see Fubara joining APC\u2019 \u2013 Ifetayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A public affairs analyst, Adeniyi Ifetayo, has said that he does not see the recent reinstated Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara joining the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Ifetayo made this statement on Tuesday while responding to questions in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see that coming. If you look at it even when he was called back, if he were someone who is desperate to hold onto the power, I\u2019m sure he would have jumped into office immediately but it took him 24-48 hours before he resumed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd since the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike said he has forgiven him, let\u2019s see that he has forgiven him indeed and he has forgotten about what what happened in the past. Maybe they will allow him to run for the second term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fubara, his deputy and members of the State Assembly were reinstated on September 17 after the suspension of the six months state of emergency imposed on the state in March.<\/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. A public affairs analyst, Adeniyi Ifetayo, has said that he does not see the recent reinstated Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara joining the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ifetayo made this statement on Tuesday while responding to questions in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television. \u201cI don\u2019t see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[10074,18813,254,421],"class_list":["post-179924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-fubara","tag-ifetayo","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>Rivers: \u2018I don\u2019t see Fubara joining APC\u2019 \u2013 Ifetayo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A public affairs analyst, Adeniyi Ifetayo, has said that he does not see the recent reinstated Rivers State Governor Sim ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers: \u2018I don\u2019t see Fubara joining APC\u2019 \u2013 Ifetayo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A public affairs analyst, Adeniyi Ifetayo, has said that he does not see the recent reinstated Rivers State Governor Sim ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-23T15:19:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-23T16:18:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758631949.829622.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\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\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers: \u2018I don\u2019t see Fubara joining APC\u2019 \u2013 Ifetayo\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-23T15:19:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-23T16:18:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758631949.829622.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fubara\",\"ifetayo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rivers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rivers-i-dont-see-fubara-joining-apc-ifetayo\",\"name\":\"Rivers: \u2018I don\u2019t see Fubara joining APC\u2019 \u2013 Ifetayo - 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