President Bola Tinubu was said to have intervened yesterday in the State House at a meeting between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his erstwhile god-father, the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike where he hosted the two political gladiators to a peace meeting.
By Ademu Usman Idakwo
The President met with both sides at a night meeting in the Presidential Villa on Monday when the Crisis between the two major political actors in Rivers State seemed to may have been resolved.
Tinubu was said to have extracted some commitments from the warring factions by making them agree to 8-point resolution which are “The parties in the feud agreed to recognise the leadership of Martin Amaewhule in the Rivers State House of Assembly and not that of Edison Ehie.
The 2 camps agreed to recognise Amaewhule and his 26 allies who decamped from the PDP to the APC.”
Other resolutions include “The remunerations and benefits of all members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and their staff must be reinstated immediately and the Governor of Rivers State shall henceforth not interfere with the full funding of the Rivers State House of Assembly
“The Rivers State House of Assembly shall choose where they want to sit and conduct their legislative business without interference and/or hindrance from the Executive arm of Government
“The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly
“The names of all commissioners in the Rivers State Executive Council who resigned their appointments because of the political crisis in the state should be resubmitted to the House of Assembly for approval.
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“There should not be a caretaker committee for the local governments in Rivers State. The dissolution of the Local Government administration is null and void and shall not be recognised.”
The peace accord was signed by Governor Fubara and Nyesom Wike.
Others who signed the document the meeting were the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Dr Ngozi Ordu; Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, a loyalist of the FCT minister, Hon Martin Amaewhule; acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chukwuemeka Aaron; and the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee chairman, Chief Tony Okocha.
The President was said to have warned both factions to desist from fomenting further crisis in the state and said there would be consequences for any group found wanting to be fomenting trouble in the state.
It is yet to be seen whether the aggrieved will abide by the resolutions as only time that tell.
