Wike gives conditions for peace with Fubara

Wike gives conditions for peace with Fubara

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has laid out situations for any real reconciliation together along with his former political ally, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.

Speaking on Friday, April 25 on the platinum jubilee birthday party of Honourable Ken Chikere in Port Harcourt, Wike addressed the continued tensions in Rivers State. He emphasised that whilst he’s open to peace, it ought to be real and contain all key political actors, now no longer function a façade.

“We are guys of peace, now no longer of trouble. But it ought to be peace with sincerity, now no longer peace as a decoy. Members of the State Assembly, the National Assembly, and the 2 predominant political events ought to be involved,” he said.

Wike criticized the silence of elder statesmen withinside the state, accusing them of complicity withinside the disaster and wondering the tangible steps that they’d taken to foster peace. He additionally condemned what he defined as media blackmail tactics, stressing that such tactics might now no longer solve the political turmoil.

“No quantity of embarrassment or blackmail can carry peace. What can carry peace is humility and a honest dedication to the pursuits of the state,” he said.

The former Rivers State Governor additionally firmly denied rumours that he had collapsed and turned into flown overseas for treatment. Wike clarified that he had travelled distant places to wait his son’s graduation, now no longer for scientific reasons.

“I am here. I am healthy—very, very well,” he stated. “Someone began out spreading that I had collapsed. I turned into by no means sick. And even though I were, am I now no longer a human being? Those who desire others to fall can be those to fall. And while you fall, it will likely be final,” he added.

His feedback observe continual tensions among him and Governor Fubara, whom he had supported throughout the 2023 governorship election however has for the reason that had a primary fallout with.