Rivers Crisis: New twist as Wike’s kinsmen back Governor Fubara

The crisis in Rivers state has taken a new dimension as some political leaders in the seventeen wards of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers state have declared support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara's administration.

This came after four commissioners who are allies of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, dumped Fubara's cabinet and resigned.

In a new development, the Rivers political leaders threw their weight behind Fubara and Edison Ehie, Rivers Assembly leader, urging them not to be distracted by the political happenings in the state, Channels TV reported.

The PDP members, who include the immediate past chairman of the council, Solomon Abel-Eke, and the state chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Chijioke Ihunwo, advised Wike and the factional state lawmaker, Martin Amaewhule, to sheathe their sword.

They also resolved to begin grassroots sensitisation for a fresh election into the two state assembly seats in the area.

This came after the PDP national working committee on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to void the election of the concerned lawmakers and conduct fresh polls.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Rivers APC chieftain, Tony Okocha, disclosed that President Tinubu's peace move to reconcile Wike and Fubara collapsed as the crisis in the state continued to fester.

Okocha said the APC was wooing Wike to defect to the party, stressing that as soon as he became a member of the APC, he would become the party's leader in the state.