President Tinubu Meets Governor Fubara, Wike, Ogoni Leaders Over Rivers Crisis

President Tinubu met Governor Fubara, Wike, and Ogoni leaders over the Rivers crisis on Tuesday.

Newsone Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu met with Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Nyesom Wike, at the State House in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

This online news platform understands that some Ogoniland leaders from four local government areas were at the meeting.

Although the details of the meeting cannot be ascertained at the moment, it may not be unconnected to the political crisis plaguing the state since late 2023.

Newsone reports that Governor Fabara and Wike have been engaged in a supremacy battle.

Some of the Ogoniland leaders sighted at the Council Chamber of the State House include Senators Lee Maeba, Magnus Abe, Olaka Nwogu, Victor Giadom, Kenneth Kobani, Monsignor Pius Kii, Leedom Mitee, Senators Bennett Birabi, Barry Mpigi, Kenneth Kobani, and Prof. B. Fakae, among others.

Also present at the meeting were the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari.