{"id":54452,"date":"2024-11-01T15:32:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=54452"},"modified":"2024-11-01T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:23:20","slug":"timi-frank-alleges-plot-to-unseat-rivers-governor-over-party-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/01\/timi-frank-alleges-plot-to-unseat-rivers-governor-over-party-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Timi Frank Alleges Plot to Unseat Rivers Governor Over Party Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank, has accused President Bola Tinubu of orchestrating a plan to remove Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara from office, following a Federal High Court ruling to withhold the state\u2019s monthly allocation.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Frank described the ruling as \u201ca script written by the President\u201d to pressure Fubara into joining the APC, claiming Tinubu believes Fubara\u2019s support would hinder his chances in Rivers State in the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Frank stated, \u201cThe President is angry that Fubara disrespected him by refusing to join the APC,\u201d adding that security agencies are allegedly being used to pressure the governor.<\/p>\n<p>Warning of consequences, Frank said, \u201cRivers\u2019 people and the Niger Delta will resist any illegal action aimed at destabilising the state or intimidating Fubara.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged Governor Fubara to stand firm, assuring him of the people\u2019s full support in defending Rivers\u2019 sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank, has accused President Bola Tinubu of orchestrating a plan to remove Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara from office, following a Federal High Court ruling to withhold the state\u2019s monthly allocation. In a statement, Frank described the ruling as \u201ca script written by the President\u201d to pressure Fubara [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":54453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54488,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54452\/revisions\/54488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}