Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that his ongoing political dispute with Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has resulted in his ability to govern the state with more freedom.
Fubara made this statement while hosting the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Henry Ndukauba, and a delegation of bishops at the Government House in Port Harcourt.
He noted that the religious leader had made efforts to mediate the crisis between him and his predecessor, but these attempts did not bring about the desired resolution.
The political tension between Fubara and Wike has been a major issue in Rivers State, despite interventions by President Bola Tinubu and other political figures. However, Fubara suggested that the situation had an unexpected positive outcome for him.
Fubara said: ‘’God has a way of doing his things. Maybe if we had got peace, I wouldn’t be enjoying the freedom that I am enjoying today.
“I start first in a very unusual way to say thank you. This appreciation would have come much earlier. Many of you here may not understand why I am thanking him.
“When the crisis started, as a man of God who believes that the two main parties (Fubara and his immediate predecessor, Nyesom Wike) are people from his communion, he made several phone calls and booked several appointments but none of them was granted to him.
‘’I want to thank him for what he did even though it didn’t yield the required result, but you see God has a way of doing his things.
“Maybe if we had got peace then, I wouldn’t be enjoying the freedom that I am enjoying today.
‘’So at times, God will be saying let the trouble be there so that there will be peace. But that is not to say that we encourage trouble.
‘’ Peace remains the best thing, both internally and externally because it attracts development.”
