The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that he has put aside past differences with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to enable the State move forward.
Wike made this known on Thursday, during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme.
The former Governor of Rivers State said he has forgiven Fubara and is currently speaking with him.
He said, “We have been speaking. I don’t talk to a man I have not forgiven, so I have forgiven him.
“I’m not a politician that says one thing here and does another different thing tomorrow. If I tell you we’re quarrelling then we are quarrelling, and if I said everything is over, then it’s over.
“You heard what the Speaker of the state assembly said. We have to move forward. He said, ‘Mr. Governor, send the list of your commissioners so that the State can move forward.”
The Minister also accused some unnamed individuals of attempting to frustrate the peace process by deliberately twisting legal interpretations surrounding the conduct of local government elections in the State.
He remarked, “Unfortunately, there are people who do not want peace. Today, I watched individuals twisting the law, claiming illegality in the conduct of local government elections. But ask them: what did they do to prevent such illegality in the first place?”
Wike further lauded President Bola Tinubu for his intervention in restoring calm in Rivers, adding that peace had returned to the State.
He said, “The president has done a great deal for us, and peace has been restored.”
President Tinubu had called off the Emergency rule which was declared on Rivers State after the expiration of the six months suspension of the Governor and the House of Assembly members. However, Governor Fubara is still yet to resume office.
