Wike on Rivers State Emergency: ‘We Would Have Taken Action If We Opposed Lifting It’

According to Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rivers State is now completely at peace and all parties involved are prepared to cooperate.
He promised that while certain individuals who stand to gain from the turmoil that shook Rivers State are opposed to peace returning, other interested parties have decided to let peace rule the oil-rich state.

In Rivers State, Wike stated that he is totally in favor of the peace process and the full restoration of democracy. He also pointed out that he could have taken one or two actions to keep the state of emergency that President Bola Tinubu had imposed in the state in place.

Wike reportedly made the submission in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory disclosed that he had a conversation with Governor Siminalayi Fubara following President Tinubu’s lifting of the emergency rule in Rivers State, and that peace had now completely returned.

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To God’s glory, we all got together and decided how to proceed, and as I talk to you, the peace has returned. Despite all odds, peace has restored as of yesterday, according to the Governor I spoke with.

“As I talk to you, I spoke with Governor (Fubara) yesterday. He informed me he was going this morning after I informed him I was leaving that evening to return.

Therefore, I may say that peace has returned by God’s mercy. And see what the Assembly did today to set the tone: you can see that we are prepared for the state’s interest and that there is peace. Now let’s proceed.

According to what I saw on TV today, some people are born crisis builders who believe that they can only get an advantage during a crisis. He stated, “We would have taken one or two actions to guarantee that this state of emergency remains in place if we don’t want it to be lifted.”