Rivers Crisis: Tinubu In Closed Door Meeting With Fubara, Others In Aso Villa

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently having a closed-door meeting with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa Abuja.

Fubara was accompanied to the seat of power by the former governor of Rivers State, Sir Peter Odili, and other stakeholders from the state.

The President is wading in to resolve the face-off between the governor and his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
Wike was earlier sighted at the State House.

Sources within the presidency confirmed that the meeting may not be unconnected to the recent developments in the state, in which 27 out of 32 members of the State House of Assembly, who are loyalists of the FCT Minister, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Earlier, the Rivers State, elders and leader of the state led by a former Governor, Chief Rufus Ada-George have said the attempt to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara is unacceptable.

The elders also condemned the recent defection of 27 lawmakers of the state State House of Assembly from the PDP to the APC

This was contained in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the elders and leaders on Sunday in Port Harcourt and made available to newsmen.

The communique was signed by Ada-George, pioneer spokesman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe and 12 others.

The elders also expressed dismay that neither Fubara nor his predecessor, Nyesom Wike responded to their letters to seek audience with them on the deteriorating political crisis in the state.

They described the happenings in the state as embarrassing and dangerous, especially the bombing of the state House of Assembly on October 29, 2023 and attack on Fubara allegedly by some security agents on Monday, October 30, 2023.