A fresh crisis might have emerged between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike in Rivers State.
This followed the recent action taken by the Governor which did not go down well with Wike and his camp. There has been a crisis in the oil-rich state over political control between the Governor and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
However, the intervention of President Bola Tinubu helped to calm things down until this new development.
The bone of contention responsible for the new clash between both camps was the action of Governor Fubara who allegedly appointed a former factional Speaker and his loyalist, Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie as Chief of Staff to the Governor. This move followed Ehie’s resignation as Speaker and member of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
By this reported action, the Governor would use his core loyalists Ehie to replace Chidi Amadi, a strong loyalist and kinsman of Wike. This development opens a new phase of clash between the two men.
Speaking on this development, a close source in the state who craved anonymity said, “His rumoured appointment as Chief of Staff to the governor will open another phase of crisis between Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory because the present Chief of Staff is Wike’s kinsman and was appointed by the minister.”
“So, removing him and bringing Ehie will open another phase of the war between Wike and Fubara,” the source stated.
