The two key figures at the heart of the ongoing political turmoil in Rivers State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara, reportedly declined to exchange greetings when they met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Villa on Tuesday.
Both Wike and Governor Fubara were part of a delegation from Ogoni that visited the President to discuss the potential resumption of oil production in Ogoniland.
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A source in the meeting said “though both of them posed for a photograph with the President, they did not exchange pleasantries. No hug. No greetings. Everybody went straight for the meeting with the President and after that we all left”.
He stated that Wike arrived at the Villa from where he went to inspect and commission projects and “immediately after the group photograph with the President, he went back to his duty post.
“As a minister from Rivers, Wike must, as a necessity, be present whenever the President is meeting with a delegation from the state. The meeting was not a platform for the discussion of Rivers political crisis. It was strictly a business parley”.
On whether the President discussed possible reconciliation between the two men, the source said there was no such opportunity. “The President only engaged Magnus (Abe). He told Magnus that he had not been seeing him for some time and Magnus replied that he had been around with the FCT Minister. At that point, Wike confirmed that Magnus had been working with him”, he said.
It is worth noting that just last Monday, Wike stated in a live television interview that he would never reconcile with Governor Fubara as long as the ongoing crisis persists.
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