The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, and local government chairmen in the state on Sunday met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara at his private residence in Port Harcourt.
The meeting comes about a fortnight after Wike led members of the Rainbow Coalition in the state, including the All Progressives Congress candidate for the 2027 general elections, Kingsley Chinda, to meet with the governor.
Sunday’s visit marked the first time the FCT minister had visited Fubara at his residence in Port Harcourt.
The meeting is seen as a continuation of talks between the two camps aimed at consolidating reconciliation efforts following the return of relative peace to the state.
Wike led a delegation comprising mainly members of the state legislature, including the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and the chairmen of the state’s 23 local government areas, to meet Fubara and his supporters.
The APC standard-bearer for the 2027 election in the state, Kingsley Chinda, was also part of the delegation.
Although details of the private meeting were not immediately available, sources said the engagement was aimed at building on previous discussions, strengthening reconciliation efforts and exploring ways to accommodate Fubara’s loyalists in the state’s evolving political arrangement.
Fubara and the Amaewhule-led House of Assembly had been at loggerheads for more than two years following a protracted disagreement between the governor and his predecessor, Wike.
At the height of the crisis, lawmakers made two attempts to impeach the governor before President Bola Tinubu intervened.
In October 2023, amid rising tensions between the two political camps, a section of the state House of Assembly complex along Moscow Road was bombed.
