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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that he did not invite President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the political crisis rocking Rivers State.
Wike stated this on Sunday while addressing the congregation during a thanksgiving service for the immediate past Commissioner for Works in Rivers State, Alabo George Kelly, at the Kings’ Assembly in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
According to the minister, it was the residents of the state and Nigerians who called on the president to interfere and intervene in the political impasse.
Wike noted that now that the president has intervened in the crisis, some Nigerians are criticising his decision and saying that he does not have constitutional power to intervene on the issue.
The political logjam between Wike and incumbent governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, divided the House of Assembly, with 27 lawmakers defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The feud also saw the emergence of parallel sittings, an impeachment plot against the governor, the demolition of the assembly complex and a gale of resignations of pro-Wike commissioners in Fubara’s cabinet.
Following calls by some Nigerians, Tinubu met with Fubara, Wike, former governor of the state, Sir Peter Odili and some political stakeholders at the presidential villa to resolve the political crisis in the state.
At the end of the meeting, a truce was reached and resolutions were made to resolve the political crisis in the state.
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