The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, has spoken on why a peace deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu to solve the feud between himself and Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State failed.
Messrs Wike and Fubara have been locked in a protracted fight over the control of the political structures in Rivers State, which initially split the assembly into two factions.
In December 2023, Mr Tinubu brokered a peace deal between Messrs Wike and Fubara to end the crises in the south-southern state, but the peace deal later collapsed.
In his comment in October 2024, Mr Fubara had blamed Mr Wike’s allies for the collapse of the peace deal.
During a thanksgiving service and grand civic reception held on Saturday by the people of Kalabari in honour of Mr Wike, the minister blamed Mr Fubara for the collapse of the peace deal.
Organised by Ijaw leaders under the aegis of the New Associates, the civic reception was held in Abalama, a town in Asari-Toro Local Government Area of Rivers State.
