The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has confirmed Governor Sim Fubara’s readiness to return to Rivers State following the suspension of the six-month emergency rule imposed on the state. Recall that in March, President Bola Tinubu suspended Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu and the state House of Assembly following a protracted political crisis between the governor and his predecessor.
Governor Fubara was outside Nigeria when President Tinubu suspended the emergency rule on Wednesday.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, Wike revealed that he has spoken to Fubara, and he is prepared to return to the country to assume office.
According to him, he has forgiven Fubara for all of his past mistakes and utterances, and there is no more conflict between him and his successor.
Wike concluded by saying that the forgiveness has definitely happened because he would not engage with a man he has not forgiven.
“I have already said that we’ve been speaking. I will not engage with a man I have not forgiven. Everything is over. I am not a politician who says one thing today and another tomorrow. We must move forward.
Unfortunately, there are people who do not want peace. Today, I watched individuals twisting the law, claiming illegality in the conduct of local government elections. But ask them: what did they do to prevent such illegality in the first place? When you hear them pontificating and shouting, you would think they have solutions—yet they do nothing except attempt to create crisis. The president has done a great deal for us, and peace has been restored,” he added.
