There are indications that President Bola Tinubu has intervened in the ongoing feud between Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Tinubu, according to a highly credible source, summoned Wike for a meeting over the Rivers crisis.
The source, who is close to the President, said that the meeting would be held outside the country.
It was also gathered that Fubara flew out of the country on a private jet on Thursday with the plan of meeting Tinubu in France.
This comes amid a fresh impeachment process against Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu, by members of the Rivers State House of Assembly said to be loyal to Wike.
During plenary presided over by the Speaker of the Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, on Thursday, the Majority Leader, Major Jack, read out the notice of allegations and gross misconduct against Fubara.
The seven points of alleged gross misconduct against Fubara include the demolition of the Assembly Complex, extra-budgetary spending, withholding of funds meant for the Assembly Service Commission, and refusal to obey the Supreme Court ruling on the financial autonomy of the House.
Similarly, Odu was accused of reckless and unconstitutional spending of public funds, obstructing the House of Assembly from performing its constitutional duties, and conniving to allow unauthorised persons to occupy offices without proper screening by the Assembly.
Amaewhule said the notice would be served on Fubara within the next seven days and adjourned plenary until January 15.
The Speaker described the impeachment notice as “good and in the interest of Rivers State,” accusing Fubara of rebuffing entreaties to present the 2026 budget, thereby undermining the powers of the Assembly.
The allegations against Fubara and Odu are similar to those earlier levelled against them before the declaration of a state of emergency and their six-month suspension by Tinubu in March 2025.
Tinubu had mediated in the matter, after which Fubara and Wike agreed to a truce.
Barely three months after end of the emergency rule, the two men started trading words.
Meanwhile, a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, said only prayers and fasting could save Fubara from impeachment by the state House of Assembly.
Fayose spoke while appearing on Channels TV Politics Today programme on Friday.
He stressed that a sitting governor must understand the burden of leadership and learn to accommodate differing interests, including those who played key roles in his emergence.
“I’m not a prophet but I’m telling you, so many prayers, fasting and prayers will be the only thing that can save Fubara in this one (impeachment).
“My prayer is that God will enter his (Fubara) mind, the President will assist to calm him down, to remember the danger before him,” Fayose said.
Drawing from his own experience as a former governor who was impeached and later reinstated, Fayose said he was speaking from personal knowledge of how quickly political power could slip away.
The former governor accused Fubara of being ungrateful and unfair to Wike who brought him to power.
“Most of the things that are happening currently in Rivers State can never happen in Lagos State. Most recently, because Asiwaju (Tinubu) was not part of the decision to remove the Speaker (Obasa), we all saw what happened, without Asiwaju talking, the Speaker was restored.
“Ingratitude and being ungrateful will create so much headache for anyone. The emergency rule in Rivers State was a saving grace for Fubara because the moment you are impeached, that is your end,” Fayose said.
He advised the Fubara to adopt a more conciliatory approach following his return from suspension, saying survival in politics sometimes requires retreat and careful management of relationships.
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