Port Harcourt, Rivers state – Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has confessed that he knelt to beg his predecessor and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on several occasions.
Fubara explained that he begged Wike to sheathe his sword and allow peace to reign in the state.
He disclosed this while speaking on Channels Televisionâs programme, Politics Today, on Monday, October 7.
The governor said he has done everything within his power for peace to reign.
Fubara claimed he had kept all understanding with Wike to ensure peace but to no avail.
The governor also dismissed criticisms of his decision to conduct the state’s local government election on Saturday, October 5.
TimesNow.com.ng reports that Wikeâs loyalists in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) had resisted Fubaraâs move to continue with the LG election.
Fubara added that it has gotten to a point where Wike needs to let go for peace to reign in Rivers state.
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Governor Fubara revealed the cause of his rift with Wike.
The Rivers state governor said the issue he has with Wike is very simple, and it’s about power control.
Fubara condemned the recent surge in violence that has resulted in the burning down of some local government secretariats in the state.
Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
