Port Harcourt, Rivers state – Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, on Wednesday, May 15, said Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, ‘will fix their quarrel’.
TimesNow.com.ng reports that Wike and Fubara, governor of Rivers, have been locked in a battle for the state’s political structure since 2023.
The rift between both men has led to a polarisation of the Rivers House of Assembly, with each camp electing a speaker loyal to either man.
Speaking with state house correspondents shortly after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Kukah said Nigerians always cried more than the bereaved, while politicians fixed their problems.
Kukah said, as quoted by Vanguard newspaper:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Reno Omokri, the outspoken former special assistant on social media to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, asked President Bola Tinubu to “impress on” Wike to allow Governor Fubara to finish his tenure.
Omokri warned that to impeach “a bushman like Fubara is to reignite the Niger Delta militancy”.
Describing the Rivers governor as “crude”, Omokri said he is “ashamed for people who agree to serve as commissioners under such a fellow”.
Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
