Wike vs Fubara: Tinubu’s efforts to maintain peace have failed, as stated by the Rivers APC caretaker chairman

The attempt by President Bola Tinubu to reconcile the governor of Rivers State, Simi Fubara, and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has failed.

Tony Okocha, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee for Rivers State, made this revelation on Thursday.

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Okocha, evaluating reporters, stated that Tinubu’s attempt to mend the tense relationship between Fubara and Wike has failed.

“Whatever that was, it has broken down, irreconcilably broken, and I wasn’t part of it.”

According to Obasanjo News24, Tinubu had previously tried to mediate a settlement between the two lawmakers.

But when the state House of Assembly Complex was demolished and 27 assembly members who had supported Wike defected to the APC, the conflict took a new turn.

Okocha asserted that the four state House of Assembly members, under the leadership of Speaker Edison Ehie, who was supported by the court, and who sat and approved the budget that the governor had provided to them, “were dwelling on illegality.”

He said that their behaviour will not be tolerated.

Okocha went on to reveal that Wike was being courted by the APC to join them.

He declared that as soon as Wike joins the APC, he will lead the party in the state.