Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has pleaded with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over the state and allow peace reign.
Fubara made the appeal while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday.
The governor noted that he does not regret conducting the local government election in the state last Saturday despite the resistance by Wike’s men in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said, “I have all the guts to do these things.”
The governor said he had kept all “understanding” he had with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to ensure peace in the state, but the issue has continued to escalate.
“There is nothing I have not done on this earth for peace to reign. I can tell you the number of times I have knelt to beg that let’s allow this issue to go. I have done everything,” Fubara said.
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Asked what his message to Wike would be if they met, Fubara said, “I’ll tell him (Wike) that it has gotten to a point where he needs to let go. We need peace in this state.
“You don’t necessarily need to win all the fights; at times, you just let go for the sake of the good people of Rivers State and the love that you have always professed for the state. We need to secure the state.
“Fubara will leave tomorrow. Who knows who is going to come? It might be through him or another person but we need to secure the state.”
Speaking on the chaos that erupted in the state on Monday, where about 3 people were said to have been killed with local government secretariats put on fire, Fubara said election periods are over, and it’s time for governance.
He urged the FCT minister to give peace a chance.
“What I am appealing is that everyone should sheathe their swords. Even to the minister, my oga (my boss), there is no need to destroy this state.
“He (Wike) once ruled this state and the state was an envy of every other state. Another person is there now, what we need now is the support, after four years or eight years, who knows? I will also leave and someone else will take over. That should be the spirit.
“When it comes to the election period, you can fight and do whatever but now is the time for governance. We need all the support,” the governor said.
Fubara said all Nigerians know that he has no hand in the destruction of local government secretariats in Rivers State.
Meanwhile, the newly elected council chairmen in the state have resumed office following Monday’d chaos.
