BREAKING: Wike Discloses Only Thing That Can Bring Peace to Rivers Amid Fubara Feud, Details Emerge

• Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has said the moment Governor Siminalayi Fubara refused to obey a court judgement, he invited anarchy to Rivers state
• Wike, who governed oil-rich Rivers state between 2015 and 2023, asked Governor Fubara to allow the rule of law to prevail
• According to the minister, obedience to courts' verdicts is "the only thing that can bring peace" to Rivers state

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and elections in Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja - Amid a lingering political crisis in Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), on Tuesday evening, October 8, asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara to "obey the rule of law".

This, Wike said, is "the only thing" that can bring peace to crisis-hit Rivers state.

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Wike stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television's 'Politics Today', monitored by Legit.ng.

The former Rivers governor insisted neither he nor the Bola Tinubu-led fedeal government is fighting Governor Fubara.

He said:

"The moment you (Fubara) don't obey a court judgement, you are inviting anarchy, you are inviting violence. Allow the rule of law to prevail. It is the only thing that can bring peace. It is up to Fubara."

Legit.ng recalls that on July 19, a federal high court in Abuja issued a restraining order preventing the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other security agencies from providing security during the Rivers state local government elections.

Additionally, on September 30, the federal high court, Abuja, delivered a judgment that again prohibited the police and other security agencies from participating in the Local Government Election.

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Despite the rulings, Governor Fubara insisted that the election would be held. Meanwhile, police authorities in the state did not participate in the exercise.

'Sack Wike', Rivers LG chairman demands

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Chijioke Ihunwo, the newly-sworn-in chairman of Obio-Akpor local government area (LGA) of Rivers state, asked President Tinubu to immediately sack Wike as the minister of the FCT.

Ihunwo accused Wike of “threatening democracy in Nigeria".

Source: Legit.ng