The Governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have accused each other in the recent crisis in the state. The FCT Minister accused the Governor of masterminding the burning of the state's House of Assembly, while the Governor accused the Minister of instigating the impeachment of his loyalists. The crisis was resolved after a quick intervention by the President.
Rivers State Governor , Siminalayi Fubara, and his immediate predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, reared its head yesterday as the FCT Minister accused his estranged protégé of masterminding the burning of a section of the state’s House of Assembly. Crisis had erupted in the state late last month when the House of Assembly impeached its Majority Leader Hon.
Edison Ehie believed to be the governor’s loyalist while the governor in turn sacked his chief of Staff believed to be a loyalist of Wike. The crisis had peaked with the burning of a part of the House of Assembly on October 29; a move believed to have been made to prevent the lawmakers from sitting amid speculations of a move by the assembly to impeach Governor Fubara. A quick intervention by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had ensured that the crisis was nipped in the bud as both Wike and Fubara announced a ceasefire and the two parties appeared to have buried the hatchet.Receiving a military delegation led by Gen
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