Former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has urged Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to stop fighting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and instead focus on managing the political crisis in the state through reconciliation and restraint.
Speaking during an interview with ARISE NEWS on Tuesday, Fayose said, “There’s a difference between the office and 001. What brought about the 001? Who gave you the platform to call yourself the 001? It is a sad narrative for governor Fubara to be struggling. Rather, he should manage the situation. Even if Wike is saying he is the leader, it is not to the mouth of Fubara to be contesting that. We all know the truth.”
He therefore advised Fubara saying, “Let me tell you again. I want to advise governor Fubara again. Please governor Fubara, I’m begging you, go and make amends and be at peace.”
Responding to claims that Fubara had already apologised several times to Wike, Fayose drew a distinction between genuine remorse and apologies made merely to calm tensions. He warned that political allies encouraging the governor to “fight back” would disappear the moment things turn sour.
“Those people leading on governor Fubara, if governor Fubara goes down today, they will run away. People that were saying I should fight back those days, they were not there when I was isolated and when I was alone,” Fayose said.
Fayose argued that the emergency rule imposed in Rivers ultimately worked in Fubara’s favour, noting that an impeachment would have ended his political career entirely. He said the governor must learn from history and understand the limits of power.
“The emergency rule was all-winning for governor Fubara. By now, governor Fubara would have been history because the moment you are impeached, you’re out of the way. You can’t contest. If you read the context of president Tinubu, he took the governor, governor Fubara to the cleaners. It is time for governor Fubara to learn. Learn the way I learned my lesson after my first tenor.
“Constitution is binding on you and binding on me and binding on Rivers people. That is the more reason why governor Fubara, I’m saying it again, climb down from his high horse, look for his brother, his leader, the man who was thoughtful enough to say among all you brides, I will marry you, come to the office of the governor.”
Melissa Eno
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