Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has confessed that he knelt to beg his predecessor and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on several occasions.
Fubara explained that he begged Wike to sheathe his sword and allow peace to reign in the state.
He disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, on Monday.
The governor said he has done everything within his power for peace to reign. Fubara claimed he had kept all understanding with Wike to ensure peace, but his actions have been rebuffed by the godfather.
“There is nothing I have not done on this earth for peace to reign. I can tell you the number of times I have knelt to beg that let’s allow this issue to go. I have done everything,” Fubara alleged.
The governor also dismissed criticisms of his decision to conduct the state’s local government election on Saturday, October 5.
According to reports, Wike’s loyalists in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) had resisted Fubara’s move to continue with the LG election.
Fubara added that it has gotten to a point where Wike needs to let go for peace to reign in Rivers state.
The Rivers State governor said the issue he has with Wike is very simple, and it’s about power control. He condemned the recent surge in violence that has resulted in the burning down of some local government secretariats in the state.
