Rivers Crisis: How Tinubu, PDP governors stopped Fubara’s impeachment

Details of how President Bola Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors stopped the impeachment plot against Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara have emerged.

The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said Tinubu conferred with Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, October 31, The Punch reported.

Mohammed stated this shortly after the Nigeria Police Council met for the first time under the Tinubu administration. Both Wike and Fubara had attended the meeting and were sported shaking hands, The Nation reported.

Meanwhile, about 120 youths were arrested in Port Harcourt for protesting the moves to impeach Governor Fubara. According to the sources, the police repelled the youths who had attempted to invade the official residence of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule.

The youth claimed Amaewhule was no longer the House Speaker and attempted to pull down the gates of his house. The protesters also demanded Amaewhule's eviction from the building before some of them were arrested by the police.

It was gathered that a stray bullet hit one of the youths who bled profusely and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Wike finally opens up on rift with Fubara.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Wike said the political crisis rocking Rivers State was being looked into by the leadership of the PDP. Former governor of the state disclosed the development after a meeting with the PDP governors in Abuja on Tuesday, October 31.

Wike stated that the PDP had taken over the crisis and that it was never an ethnic issue as speculated.

Legit.ng in another development reported that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State hosted PDP Governor at the Oyo State Governor's Lodge in Abuja over the political uprising in Rivers State.

The PDP governors are meeting to find a lasting peace between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike It was learnt that the PDP governors would also be discussing the fate of the party at the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States.