The ex-governor of Rivers and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has revealed why he cannot come to terms with the incumbent Rivers governor, Sim Fubara.
During a media briefing in Abuja on Sunday, Wike disclosed his stance on his conflicting relationship with his successor, Sim Fubara who fell out with him shortly after his inauguration into office as the governor.
Wike criticized Fubara and his allies and vowed never to reconcile with him because he disobeyed the president’s order. He claimed Fubara failed to implement President Bola Tinubu’s directive issued during a peace meeting he convened in Abuja to resolve the lingering Rivers’ political crisis which bothers on control power in the state.
He claimed he kept his part of the bargain but Fubara’s party refused to keep theirs, for a reason not convincing enough to disobey the directives of a president.
He said, “I’m wondering, what conflict to resolve? Mr President, in his wisdom, called all parties. He said, ‘This is the problem, and I want this problem to be resolved. Withdraw the impeachment notice. You go and do this; you go and do that. and everybody agreed with it.”
“The Assembly withdrew the impeachment notice; you did one and two, and then you sent people to go to court. Elder, have you gone back to Mr President to tell him this assignment you gave us? We’ve done one and two, but we can’t do three and four. Mr President, can you call us back to see whether we can find a solution to three and four since one and two have been executed?
“I have never seen this in my life—for a president to call parties, and one party goes back and says it’s political, not binding and unconstitutional. Who does that?”
Recall that Fubara and Wike’s camp had in 2023 signed an eight-point peace agreement brokered by President Tinubu and other stakeholders at a crucial meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with the sole purpose of resolving the political crisis that was plaguing the state.
However, the agreement collapsed, with Fubara claiming he was coerced into signing the deal with Wike’s camp. But Wike argued that Fubara ought to have returned to President Tinubu and explain why he could not keep part of the bargain.
