Rainbow Coalition: Wike, Chinda, Abe visit Fubara in Port Harcourt

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday met with Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara at the governor’s private residence in Port Harcourt.

The meeting was attended by some leaders of the Rainbow Coalition, including the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Kingsley Chinda, and Senator Magnus Abe.

The purpose of the meeting was not immediately known as of the time of filing this report.

However, the visit was significant as it marked the first time Wike would visit Fubara since the political crisis that strained their relationship erupted in Rivers State.

The meeting also came after efforts to resolve the political dispute between the former governor and his successor.

The closed-door meeting has sparked interest given the political developments in the state and the involvement of key figures in the coalition.

Recall that after peace returned to the state, a reconciliation committee headed by former Senator Magnus Abe had met with Fubara twice at the Government House on how to accommodate the governor’s supporters in the new political arrangement.

Fubara himself had, during a public function in Port Harcourt, declared that he had returned to his political family.

On the latest visit to the governor’s private residence, which Wike led, sources described the meeting as “strategic and part of the ongoing fence-mending by the minister ahead of the Rainbow Coalition’s campaign for the 2027 general elections.”

A source who pleaded anonymity said, “It is also part of measures to cement the renewed peace in the state. You know the Senator Magnus Abe-led reconciliation committee has met with the governor twice.

“Now, maybe it’s time for the FCT minister to visit the governor to show that peace has truly returned.”

The coalition had yet to officially kick-start its campaign for the forthcoming poll.

It was learnt that the meeting brought together core supporters of Fubara and Rainbow Coalition leaders in the state.

They were said to have agreed to collaborate and strategise on how to work together for the common purpose of winning the next general elections in the state.

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