By Kolawole Ojebisi
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has advised his erstwhile ally and predecessor to let his love for the state override his personal ambition of retaining the reins and political control of power in the state.
The governor noted that power is transient and nobody can have it forever, he therefore urged Wike to “let go”.
Fubara said this in an Interview with Channels Television on Monday night
He stressed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory can’t will all fights as discretion is the better part of valour.
The governor added that pro-Wike forces who are allegedly resorting to burning down the state and turning it to ashes to realise their master’s goal will be detrimental to the progress of the state and posterity won’t forgive any person that toes that route.
“I will tell him (Wike) that there is going to be a point that he needs to let go,” Fubara said.
“We need peace in this state. You don’t necessarily need to win all the fights at all times. You just let go for the sake of the good people of Rivers state and the love he (Wike) has always professes for the state.
“We don’t need to burn down the state. Fubara will leave tomorrow. Who knows who is going to come next?”
The rift between Fubara and Wike, which has lasted for months, came to a head in the buildup to the just concluded local government elections.
The Wike faction had vehemently opposed the conduct of the elections while the Fubara faction kept pressing for it.
The election was eventually held amid a pervasive atmosphere of gunshots and explosions .
The All Peoples Party(APP) swept all but one chairmanship seats in the 23 local government of the state.
The remaining one chairmanship seat was won by the AAC.
The APP is believed to loyal to Fubara and his loyalists displaced from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) by Wike.
Meanwhile, hours after the election, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, ordered the withdrawal of police personnel from the state and unsealed all the secretariats.
Hours after the IG’s order, hoodlums descended on at least three secretariats and set them ablaze
