Nyesom Wike forgives Rivers Governor Fubara, urging peace and progress as he signals an end to the political rift in the state

Wike disclosed this on Thursday during an appearance on Politics Today, a political affairs programme on Channels Television.

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“We have been speaking. I don’t talk to a man I have not forgiven, so I have forgiven him,” he said.

The former Rivers governor, who has been embroiled in a protracted political standoff with his successor, stressed that he was not one to play double standards.

“I’m not a politician that says one thing here and does another different thing tomorrow. If I tell you we’re quarrelling, then we are quarrelling. And if I said everything is over, then it’s over,” Wike explained.

He added that the state must prioritise peace and governance. “You heard what the Speaker of the State Assembly said. We have to move forward.

He said, ‘Mr Governor, send the list of your commissioners so that the state can move forward.’ All we are saying is that there are people who don’t like peace.”

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Wike’s conciliatory remarks may ease political tensions in Rivers, which had been unsettled by months of factional disputes between both camps.