Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has revealed how he once went on his knees to plead with his erstwhile political godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to allow peace to reign in the state.
Fubara made the revelation on Monday on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today.
Rivers State has been embroiled in crisis with one person feared dead following a shooting in Bori, in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Monday. as fresh explosions and protests rocked some local government areas of the state.
The violent attacks is linked to Monday’s order by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for the secretariat of the 23 LGs to be unsealed and the immediate withdrawal of policemen who had occupied the council since July.
Aside from Bori, the secretariat of the Eleme LGA in the state was set on fire, even as buildings and vehicles were set ablaze following an explosion from a device suspected to be dynamite. In response, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered the police to return to council secretariats even as he advised those aggrieved by the outcome of the election to approach the courts.
On his part, Fubara told Channels TV that he has done everything within his powers to ensure that the state remains peaceful.
“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,” he said.
Asked what his message to Wike would be if they met, Governor Fubara replied: “I’ll tell him that it has gotten to a point where he needs to let go. We need peace in this state.
“You don’t necessarily need to win all the fights; at times, you just let go for the sake of the good people of Rivers State and the love that you have always professed for the state. We need to secure the state.
“Fubara will leave tomorrow. Who knows who is going to come? It might be through him or another person but we need to secure the state.
“What I am appealing is that everyone should sheathe their swords. Even to the minister, my boss, there is no need to destroy this st
“He once ruled this state and the state was an envy of every other state. Another person is there now, what we need now is support. After four years or eight years, who knows? I will also leave and someone else will take over. That should be the spirit.
“When it comes to the election period, you can fight and do whatever but now is the time for governance. We need all the support.”
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