Crisis in Rivers: I have fulfilled conditions in peace accord – Nyesom Wike

The former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that he has fulfilled every condition set by President Bola Tinubu for peace to reign in Rivers.

In the peace accord, he said, he has fulfilled whatever decision Tinubu set before him when he intervened in the political feud between him and Rivers State governor, Siminalaya Fubara.

Wike stated this when he was accompanied by Senator Sam Anyanwu, Senator Barinada Mpigi and Chief Victor Giadom, Timipreye Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, Senator Heinekin Lopobiri and Felix Obuah to the palace of Oba of Ogbaland.
“We accepted whatever decision Mr President has taken and we have on our own part fulfilled every condition given by Mr President because I told you I will not let you down.

“It is just to let you know that your request of making sure there is peace in the state of which you asked Mr President to intervene, we have accepted. And I want you to use this opportunity to continue to pray for Mr President for God to continue to give him wisdom to pilot the affairs of this nation”, Channels Television quoted him as saying.

Wike commended Tinubu for his intervention despite that he is not from Rivers State unlike in the past when it did not really matter to some presidents because such crisis was not happening in their State.

Wike, who commended President Tinubu for his intervention in the political crisis between him and his successor in office, Governor Fubara, further said that “He is not from this state. So many people have piloted the affairs of this country, crisis has engulfed other states and you hardly would see somebody come out and say irrespective of the political party, I need peace in the state.

“If there is peace in the states, it will help peace in Nigeria. So, I will urge you and your council to continue to pray for Mr President for God to continue to give him wisdom to pilot the affairs of the country.”

Recall that Tinubu had intervened in the political crisis rocking Rivers State between Wike and Governor Fubara, during which the President on December 18, 2023, after a round of meeting at the Aso Villa in Abuja got Wike and Fubara to sign a peace accord.
Wike and Fubara agreed that all matters instituted in the courts by Fubara and his team be withdrawn immediately.

Fubara, Wike, Amaewhule and other gladiators in the crisis signed the agreement while the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, also signed the document.

The Wike camp also agreed that all impeachment proceedings initiated against the governor by the Rivers State House of Assembly be dropped immediately

The parties in the feud resolved to recognise the leadership of Martin Amaewhule in the Rivers State House of Assembly and not that of Edison Ehie.

The two camps agreed to recognise Amaewhule and his 26 allies who recently resigned from the PDP to the APC.