Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday in Abuja, said the discussion he had with President Bola Tinubu was one between a father and his son.
This is as he said he was at peace with his political principal, referring to his eartwhile estranged godfather, Nyeson Wike.
According to Fubara, “proper peace” has returned to Rivers after months of political tension.
Speaking to journalists after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, Fubara stressed that he had resumed his duties in an atmosphere of peace and cooperation.
“As far as I’m concerned, we have made peace. Fubara and his principal are working together,” the governor said.
Although Fubara did not mention names, his remarks are seen as a reference to his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, with whom he has had a prolonged political feud.
The governor explained that his visit to Tinubu was a courtesy call and an opportunity to seek direction following the expiration of the six-month emergency rule in the state.
“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 Rivers State.
“It’s not much. It’s a father-son discussion, telling him thank you, 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,” he said.
Tinubu lifted the emergency rule on September 17, restoring the offices of governor, deputy governor and the House of Assembly after a political impasse between Fubara and Wike that had crippled governance.
The Supreme Court had earlier declared that “there was no government in Rivers State,” citing the collapse of relations between the loyalists of both men in the assembly.
