Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated he wouldn’t have attained workplace with out the assist of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, declaring that the previous governor “found” him and gave him the platform to contest.
Fubara spoke on Friday whereas receiving the New Telegraph Man of the Yr Award, the place he devoted the honour to Wike regardless of the lingering rift between them.
The governor stated Wike’s backing introduced him into political limelight and formed his emergence as governor.
“I don’t care the way you interpret it or misread it. I additionally dedicate this award to anyone who additionally found me not minding the scenario, the Honourable Minister of the FCT, my oga, Nyesom Wike,” he stated.
“With out him, I wouldn’t be standing right here as governor. He found me and it’s a discovery that gave me this loudness. Thanks for every thing.
“I additionally dedicate this award to the folks of Rivers State which have proven assist, quietness and maturity that has introduced us this far.”
Fubara and Wike have been embroiled in a protracted political dispute within the state.
Fubara, a former Accountant-Common of Rivers State, was extensively thought to be Wike’s political protégé forward of the 2023 governorship election, rising because the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, with the backing of the previous governor.
Their relationship, nevertheless, later degenerated right into a political disaster that polarised the Rivers State Home of Meeting and triggered a fierce wrestle over the management of the state’s political construction.
The dispute, which drew nationwide consideration, was ultimately resolved following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu, who brokered peace between the 2 camps, restoring relative calm to the state’s political atmosphere.
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