US EditionEmergency Rule: But You Said Your Spirit Has Left - Abati, Rufai React to Fubara's Visit to Tinubu
- Governor Siminalayi Fubara, currently under suspension, held a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the president’s Lagos residence on Tuesday.
- Fubara's suspension, along with the state House of Assembly and deputy governor, followed Tinubu's March 18 state of emergency declaration amid political crisis in Rivers State.
- This visit marked their second closed session since the suspension and occurred shortly after Fubara expressed willingness to reconcile with political rival Nyesom Wike, now the FCT minister.
- Veteran journalist Reuben Abati suggested Fubara's visit aimed to assure Tinubu he no longer opposes the president, quoting, "he is now a good boy o, and he is not fighting anybody."
- The meeting signals possible efforts to resolve Rivers State's political turmoil and suggests Fubara's readiness to engage in peace processes to advance the state's interest.
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PHOTO: Suspended Rivers governor Fubara visits Tinubu
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 before resulting in the emergency rule. The post PHOTO: Suspended Rivers governor Fubara visits Tinubu appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Fubara meets Tinubu in Lagos - Daily Trust
Suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, met President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Lagos, on Tuesday. The meeting is coming amid efforts to reconcile the governor and his estranged godfather, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy confirmed the meeting in a post on his Facebook page, on Tuesday evening. “Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers, …
Rivers Crisis: Rufai Oseni Reacts to Governor Fubara’s Meeting with President Tinubu — Akelicious
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday, marking their first official engagement since Fubara’s suspension from office and the subsequent declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Reacting to the development, Arise TV anchor Rufai Oseni described the move as a political surrender, saying Fubara “has no choice” but to visit the President, noting that in the game o…
Fubara visits President Tinubu in Lagos amid ongoing political crisis
In a significant development concerning the protracted political crisis in Rivers State, the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, paid a visit to President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Tuesday. This marks the first publicly known meeting between the two since President Tinubu’s intervention in the state’s affairs several months ago. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed the meeting, sharing photographs on his official X (formerly Twitter) h…
Tinubu Meets Fubara In Lagos
June 04, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, met with the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, in Lagos. The closed-door meeting comes just twenty-four hours after the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, held a chat with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, accusing Fubara of making himself a “tool” for those who wanted to […] The post Tinubu Meets Fubara In Lagos appeared first on THEWILL NEWS MEDIA.
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