BREAKING: President Tinubu in meeting with Governor Fubara over Ogoni oil issues

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi Fubara are currently meeting in Aso Rock Presidential Villa over Ogoni related issues.

Fubara led a high profile team to attend the meeting.

In the entourage of Governor Fubara are, Senator Lee Maeba, Senators Magnus Abe, Olaka Nwogu, Bennett Birabi Barry, Mpigi, and Joe Poroma, along with Chief Victor Giadom, Chief Kenneth Kobani, Monsignor Pius Kii, and Ledum Mitee.

The meeting also features prominent government officials such as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari; the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abba; the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed; the Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh; and the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.

While the specifics of the agenda have not been disclosed, the discussion is believed to center on the Ogoni clean-up project and the possible resumption of oil exploration in the region.

The meeting was the after disruption of oil exploration in
Ogoni land as the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has expressed strong reservations about being excluded.

MOSOP, in a statement signed by its three factional presidents—Prince Nuyete Biira, Fegalo Nsuke, and Engr. Olu Andah Wai-Ogosu—voiced disappointment over the lack of consultation, labeling the meeting as “clandestine” and warning it could undermine ongoing peace and reconciliation efforts in the region.