After the two previous attempts by President Bola Tinubu to broker peace between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, including the declaration of a six-month emergency, failed to resolve the political crisis in the state, will Tinubu’s latest intervention end the crisis? Ejiofor Alike asks
Will the latest intervention by President Bola Tinubu in the protracted Rivers State political crisis restore permanent peace in the state?
This is the question on the lips of many Nigerians who watched how Tinubu’s first intervention in December 2023 and his second intervention through the declaration of state of emergency in March 2025 failed to resolve the crisis.