‘You breached impeachment deal’ – Wike slams Fubara

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday spoke publicly about the growing political tension in Rivers State, making comments that further stirred the controversy around Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s political future.

Wike mocked what he described as Governor Fubara’s decision to step back from the 2027 governorship race under the All Progressives Congress (APC), while also expressing support for the emergence of House of Representatives member Kingsley Chinda as a preferred candidate within the party.

The former Rivers State governor made the remarks during an inspection tour of major infrastructure projects in Abuja.

He also claimed that a secret political agreement, allegedly facilitated by President Bola Tinubu, was at the centre of the unfolding situation in Rivers State.

According to him, Governor Siminalayi Fubara agreed to abandon his second-term ambition in exchange for the withdrawal of impeachment threats earlier raised by the Rivers State House of Assembly.

President Bola Tinubu was said by Wike to have played a mediating role in the reported arrangement, although no official confirmation has been provided.

Meanwhile, Kingsley Chinda has continued to be mentioned in political discussions as a possible major contender in the state’s future governorship race, as tensions within Rivers politics remain unresolved.

“In the first place, he ought not to have collected the form because the agreement was reached that the impeachment should be dropped, while he should also not talk about a second tenure.

“By collecting the form first, he didn’t show signs of gentlemanship. He didn’t show that sign, and that was not expected. We thought that Mr President had been intervening severally and pleading with the legislature not to continue with impeachment,” he said.

The minister, however, expressed no surprise at the outcome, insisting that Chinda’s emergence was the natural result of his political stature.

“A good product markets itself. Everybody knows that Kingsley Chinda is the material. He’s quite experienced. He has worked with the executive and now in the legislature — you can hear his voice when he was a minority leader of the PDP. I’m sure that he must have been approached by the ruling All Progressives Congress to join them and then get the ticket,” Wike stated.

Wike made the remarks on what he described as one of his happiest days, having inspected a string of near-completed road and infrastructure projects across the FCT, including the Renewed Hope City in Kassara, the Old Kedfi Road in Dei Dei, the Airport Road to Kuje corridor handled by Arab Contractors, the Kuje to Gwagwalada first phase by Gilmour, and the City Gate project being executed by Julius Berger.

He said all the projects were ready for inauguration and praised the contractors for the quality of work delivered, singling out the City Gate project as a brainchild of First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

“When you have a good woman who means well for the administration of the husband — I’m talking about the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu — this is her brainchild,” Wike said, adding that Julius Berger had promised to hand over the project by the end of May or the first week of June and was on course to keep that promise.

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