The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has downplayed the possibility of resolving his conflict with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State.
Wike criticised Fubara and his camp for refusing to carry out the directive issued by President Bola Tinubu during the peace meeting he convened.
He noted that Fubara and his supporters should have returned to Tinubu to explain their inability to implement all the directives issued by the president.
Wike made this disclosure during a media briefing in Abuja on Sunday.
Wike and Fubara have been at loggerheads since Fubara became governor.
The face-off between the two stems from a struggle for control of the state’s political and structural resources.
The rift has also affected the state House of Assembly, with 27 members defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Furthermore, the conflict has led to the emergence of factional speakers and a parallel assembly.
At the press briefing, Wike said:
“I’m wondering, what conflict to resolve? Mr President, in his wisdom, called all parties. He said withdraw the impeachment notice, you go and do this, you go and do that, but they never returned to him.
“The Assembly withdrew the impeachment notice; you did one and two, and then you sent people to go to court. Elder, have you gone back to Mr President to tell him we can’t do three and four? Nothing.
“I have never seen this in my life — for a president to call parties, and one party goes back and says it’s political. Who does that?”
