Portharcourt, Rivers State – If you think political drama na limited to soap operas, look no further! Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, don finally meet for the first time since elections scatter everywhere. E happen for last Saturday, and this meeting na big deal be dat o.
E get plenty important faces wey show up like the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Martins Amaewhule, and Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, Chairman of Rivers State Elders Council. Na so dem gather for elder statesman Alabraba home for Portharcourt. Dem bring plenty and dem sabi say unity dey inside the political family now.
Wike no waste time as he offload the way things be for Rivers State to everyone wey dey presence, saying, “We don dey together well since dis wahala begin, and e don time to make we move forward together.” But wetin dem talk for there? Na only God fit know. Notin publicly clear, but dem say na just mo gree-gree and share how dem fit use peace take rule Rivers. (Sometimes, na just to boil rice we dey need to solve political issue, abi?)
Fubara, the man with the fresh governor chops, don dey try make peace reign after 2 wetin no easy years of political wahala. Remember say e just resume back as governor after six months wey tin dey shake ground (tin really scatter). President Bola Tinubu no gree anywhere again, e bring state of emergency wey make everything chill for a while.
The meeting dey follow another one wey Fubara do with Tinubu, where he talk say he dey ready to keep the peace and no want make tin jam-rewind again. Wike, on him side, also don talk say he no go manipulate the whole new chief selection matter dis time around. E mean say things go soft, make e no be like 2023 wey everybody dey run for cover.
As dem gather for dis latest meeting, senators and other political players wey dey loyal to Wike don show face too, wey mean say the matter serious o. From Hon. Dumle Maol to Chief OCJ Okocha, even past lawmakers wey don carry political wahala for hand, dem dey there, nobody wan miss dis jam.
Talk say Wike and Fubara don gree, you fit see how dem try join body to protect the peace wey everyone wan for Rivers, because if small wahala eye open, e fit dey like say dem go turn sauce for pot. Na so e be for politics sometimes, everybody need make peace win the race. If dem fit keep dis one, Rivers go sit down for peace corner for small time. So, make dem effort dey shine and no let any more drama pop up, no be so? (Because we no get time for another season of political tension, abeg!)
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