The political crisis in Rivers State may have ceased as parties reached a truce on Monday night.
This followed after about three hours of talks at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, between President Bola Tinubu, Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; his Deputy, Ngozi Odu; a former governor of the State, Peter Odili and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike, and other stakeholders.
The FCT Minister, Wike, who was acclaimed to be instrumental in the emergence of Fubara and other elected officers in the last general elections, arrived at the State House at about 7 pm and was ushered into the President’s office, where the meeting was held.
Also present at the meeting was the Vice President, Kashim Shettima; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.
According to an eight-point resolution signed at the end of the meeting on Monday night, the President directed that all lawsuits instituted in the courts by Fubara and his team regarding the political crisis in Rivers State be withdrawn immediately.
The resolution was signed by Fubara; his deputy, Ordu; Wike; Ribadu; factional Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly, Martin Amaewhule; Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Aaron Chukwuemeka, and his All Progressives Congress Chairman, Tony Okocha.
According to the directive, Fubara was mandated to re-present the 2024 appropriation bill he had earlier presented to the four-member state House of Assembly to the full House.
Also, the directive read that all impeachment proceedings initiated by the Rivers Assembly against Fubara should be dropped immediately.