Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, says suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is now looking for peace, however warned that phrases alone received’t heal the deep political rift between them.
Talking throughout a media chat with choose journalists in Abuja on Monday, Could 12, Wike revealed that Fubara, accompanied by two governors and an elder statesman, lately visited him in a reconciliatory effort.
“The President has known as for peace severally and I can’t sit down when the President has known as for peace and I say, ‘I don’t need peace’,” Wike stated.
“Sure, he got here with two governors and one elder individual. Sadly, the 2 governors are APC governors. So, I cannot pursue him. He stated he desires peace. That’s high-quality. I additionally need peace.”
Their long-running feud had plunged Rivers into political chaos earlier this yr. The fallout reached a tipping level when President Bola Tinubu suspended Fubara, the Rivers Home of Meeting, and Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu.
Tinubu later appointed a state administrator to take cost for six months, a transfer that drew combined reactions nationwide.
Whereas Fubara’s go to alerts a need to fix fences, Wike says it have to be matched with real effort, particularly contemplating the protests and public statements nonetheless coming from the governor’s camp.
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“I advised him, ‘Look, I don’t assume you may have the capability to essentially make this peace.’ That’s why after I learn what I learn yesterday, I felt so dangerous,” Wike stated.
“Why? In case you are making peace, your individuals are demonstrating each day; if you’re making peace, your individuals are busy on tv insulting folks. How do you are feeling in that case?”
For peace to be actual, Wike insists, Fubara should transcend symbolic gestures. “It’s essential to take steps. Have you ever met the meeting folks? There are leaders you must meet. It’s not to say, ‘I need peace.’ It’s essential to present it by conduct and motion.”
Wike additionally recommended that the younger governor was swayed by exterior affect within the early phases of the disaster, individuals who have now seemingly stepped again.
“Governors got here pushing him, the place are they now? I believe the governors are having fun with their very own,” he stated.
“Fubara is a younger man, I warned him saying, look, go this manner, go this manner and you’ll not have issues.”
As Rivers State continues to navigate its political storm, Wike’s message was clear: reconciliation have to be backed by significant, seen steps, not simply phrases.
