"I Came To State House To Tell My Principal That Am Back To Office As We Are Working Together Now" - Governor Fubara Says After Meeting President Tinubu

 

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has stated that the rift between him and his principal and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike is over.

Recall that a political crisis had rocked the state leading to the Emergency rule declared by President Bola Tinubu.

He stated this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after visiting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa Abuja.

Fubara, who was reinstated by the President five days ago after completing a six month suspension from office, said the crisis that rocked Rivers had been settled.

He also said he was now in a good relationship with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

“I don’t know what you mean by if this is a paper peace. As far as I’m concerned, we have made peace. Fubara and his principal are working together,” he said when asked whether the peace was real or not.

The governor expressed his gratitude to President Tinubu for his role in ensuring that Rivers State enjoys peace and development. He said he was at the Villa to appreciate the President, whom he also described as a father, and “tell him that I’m back”.

“You’re aware that suspension was lifted [at] midnight [on September] 17, and I came in on the 19th. Ideally, it’s proper for me to see Mr. President and to tell him that I’m back, and I’ve also resumed my responsibility as the Governor of the Rivers State.

It’s not much. It’s father-son discussion, telling him thank you and and the areas where, if at all, there should be any issue for him to guide me properly so we don’t be in any situation of crisis. That’s all'' Fubara said

This was the governor’s first official visit to the State House since his reinstatement as the governor of Rivers, after a six-month emergency rule in the state.