Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike departed the Presidential Villa in the same vehicle on Sunday night after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, presidency officials familiar with the meeting confirmed to Punch.
According to the officials, although the two political rivals arrived separately, Fubara rode away with Wike after the President’s intervention.
They described it as a symbolic gesture signalling a possible end to their long-running political feud.
“Two of them did not come together. Fubara came first, then Wike came later. But at the end of the day, both of them left the Villa together in the same vehicle. Doesn’t that mean they both settled?” a source said.
Another source confirmed the meeting, saying, “Yes, he met them yesterday night. It is true.
The two of them settled. He talked to two of them. But I can’t tell you what he said.”
The Nation had first reported the meeting early on Monday, noting that Fubara accompanied Wike to his Guzape residence in Abuja afterwards.
The meeting marks a potential turning point in the Rivers’ political crisis, which has paralysed governance in the oil-rich state for over nearly two years.
The fallout between Wike and his political godson, Fubara, began shortly after the latter assumed office in May 2023.
