In Rivers’ politics, when peace arrives, it is normally quietly summoned to Abuja, ushered into a closed room, and announced in careful sentences that say less than they imply.
On February 9, 2026, President Bola Tinubu met Governor Siminalayi Fubara and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike at the Presidential Villa. It was his third intervention since Fubara assumed office with the same aim as the previous two: to cool a feud that has unsettled Rivers State.
The clash began as a struggle for influence, then metastasised into allies defecting and lawsuits multiplying. When the State House of Assembly entered into the fray, it was to become a theatre of brinkmanship, issuing impeachment notices that sharpened the crisis. By March 2025, the breakdown had culminated in a six-month state of emergency.