Fubara didn’t force Wike's commissioners to resign - Rivers Govt debunk rife rumors

The Rivers State government has said it didn't force any of its commissioners to resign amid the crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike.

This was made known by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

“Whatever their reason, I will like to say that the governor did not force, compel or ask anyone to leave,” he said.

“Those who left did so on their own volition, and according to their reasons.”

He also clarified that a structural firm confirmed the Rivers State Assembly Complex was no longer habitable and that informed the decision of the governor to demolish the complex.

Johnson said even Wike agreed that the complex was no longer habitable, adding that his principal is a pacifist and he is doing all in his capacity to quell the crisis.

Rivers State has been a theatre of the absurd in the last three months with the state House of Assembly serving as the “boxing ring”.

The rift between Wike and Fubara split lawmakers in the House with 27 of them decamping from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a party in whose central government Wike currently serves as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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.