Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has set the record straight on his ethnic background.
Speaking at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Friday when he met with the Regent and other representatives of Kalabari Se Kobiri, Fubara pooh-poohed report that he is not an Ijaw man.
The governor’s clarification is related via a statement his media aide, Boniface Onyedi released.
Onyedi quoted his principal as saying, “So, whoever is feeding you with that information should go back to their history classes. You cannot talk about the Ijaw struggle without the Opobo, the Bonny, and the Kalabari.
“We had our trade lines at that time and for you to occupy a trade line, it means you are a true Ijaw man. So, for the records, I am a full blooded, up to my bones, an Ijaw man.”
