Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has given an insight into his face-off with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. Fubara said his rift with Wike has to do with tussle over power and control in Rivers State.
Wike and Fubara have been at loggerheads since the latter assumed office as governor in 2023. The cold war between the duo had continued despite President Bola Tinubu and other relevant stakeholders’ intervention. But speaking about the crisis on Channels TV Politics Today, Fubara said he had kept all 'understandings' despite the continued face-off. According to Fubara : “We all know the issue. It is very simple. It has to do with the issue of power and control.
If election had been held in Rivers and council chairmen had been inaugurated in a normal situation do we even need anybody to go and obstruct them from entering the Secretariat? “I don’t think there is any understanding we had that I haven’t kept. There is no understanding that we had that I haven’t kept. Like I said I won’t want to discuss those issues.” The governor also raised concerns about Tinubu's intervention in the crisis because only his name was mentioned.
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