No more rift between me and Wike, governor Fubara declares
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has declared that there is no more rift between him and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike
The embattled governor said this during the rededication service of the 2023/2024 Legal Year of the Rivers State Judiciary, which Wike also attended
Fubara declared that the immediate past governor remains his boss, noting that the recent political crisis in the state is now a thing of the past.
Fubara and Wike are meeting in public for the first time since the political division emerged between the past and the incumbent governor.
Recall that Fubara was recently impeached by the state lawmakers.
Interventions by top stakeholders in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and beyond ended the impasse as the governor officially apologised to the minister.
He said, “My oga remains my oga. Whatever that has happened is in the past. I have not sent anybody to malign anybody.”
While calling his supporters to sheath their warring swords, Fubara explained that the political division in the state has ended for good.
He pledged to remain undistracted to deliver dividends of democracy to the people of the state.