Mrs Remi Tinubu
By Shade Damiro
Some Rivers State born walked on Friday walked out on on Friday on Theresa Ibas, wife of Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas during First Lady Remi Tinubu empowerment programme in Port Harcourt.
The women were seen in a video clip demanding the reinstatement of suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara.
The president’s wife was billed to attend the event where about 500 women were to receive various empowerment items.
The clip, which showed when the women walked out of the programme, has been trending on social media.
It would be recalled that President Tinubu, on 18 March, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended Governor Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, and all the House of Assembly members for an initial six months.
Those who witnessed the drama sqealed that there was an initial announcement that indicated that Mrs Tinubu would attend the event in person.
However, the drama started when Mrs Ibas, wife of the Rivers sole administrator, was introduced as a representative of Mrs Tinubu.
The women, in their numbers, flared up and demanded that Governor Fubara’s wife should represent the first lady instead and address them.
“We want Valerie Sim-Fubara or Remi Tinubu to address us, not the wife of Ibas! We want Sim!” one of the women was heard saying.
“Bring back Fubara,” the women chanted repeatedly.
Another unidentified woman argued that Mrs Ibas had no right to address the Rivers women after they were informed that Mrs Tinubu would do so.
“She (Mrs Ibas) is a stranger. She does not have the right to address us. Let Fubara’s wife, Lady Valerie Fubara or President Tinubu come and address Rivers’ women. We need our governor back,” she said.
In a related development, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has criticised a group of women who walked out during an empowerment event organised by First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu in Port Harcourt, calling the act “disturbing and embarrassing.”
