Breath of Fresh Air as Fubara, Wike tango with Yuletide rice in Rivers
The political crisis in Rivers State may be experiencing a lull going into the yuletide, but there are important takeaways. There is no gainsaying the fact that the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the feud between the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged political godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, which eventually culminated in an eight-point resolution has calmed frayed nerves at least for now.
Although Fubara and Wike have both pledged commitment to implement the presidential resolution, their body language is saying otherwise.
For example, Wike, while attending the wedding anniversary of his associate and immediate past Commissioner for Works, Dr. Des George-Kelly at the Kings Assembly in Port Harcourt, shortly before Christmas, blamed his successor for the political crisis, insisting that he has failed to play by the rules of the game (politics) and urged people of the state not to involve themselves in a fight they know nothing about.
He stated, “Don’t get involved in any fight between two politicians without knowing the cause.
“In any facet of life, there are rules and they must be obeyed. As a pastor, there are rules you must follow. So as politicians, we must follow rules.
“When I was governor, I followed those rules and that’s why I was able to succeed.”
On his part, Fubara, at his maiden state banquet at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on New Year’s Eve said those fighting him were after his ‘red biro,’ and boasted that he is still firmly in possession of the pen.
Customized bags of rice bearing the bold faces of Governor Fubara and Wike adorned Port Harcourt and its environs, with suspected aides of the duo distributing same to various stakeholders and groups so much so that it has set off conversations in social media.
