The crisis rocking the Rivers State has taken a new turn as Governor Siminalayi Fubara refuses to back down.
Fubara, who has been at loggerheads with Nyesom Wike, his predecessor and minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), over control of the political structure that got him elected, has reinstated Sir Celestine Omehia as former Governor of Rivers State, recall that Nyesom Wike in the build up to the 2023 Presidential Election decided to de-recognize Sir Omehia for standing with the then PDP Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar. Advertisements Wike faces political humiliation in Rivers as GDI leaders turn against him, back Fubara Wike who was the former leader of the rebellious G5 group, led the 5 governors to boycott the presidential campaign of the PDP, and ignored ongoing consultative meetings with stakeholders, the governor has continued to move against loyalists of the former Vice President. The former governor also instigated the Rivers State House of Assembly to derecognise Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state through a resolution reversing an earlier resolution of June 2015.
In the heat of the political fight in 2015, soon after becoming governor, Wike had caused the 8th Assembly to recognize Omehia as governor in order to spite his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi
2024 While Wike, who was Minister of State for Education, fell out with Ameachi by supporting President Jonathan, he quickly made up with Omehia by causing the 8th Assembly to pass a resolution recognising him as a former governor.