The political disagreement between the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has degenerated to a point that the police have unfortunately been dragged into the matter.
Wike and his successor, Fubara, have been engaged in a political struggle over the control of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, structure in the state for some months now.
The problem between the two political bigwigs started a few months after Fubara assumed office as the Governor of Rivers State.
He fell out with Wike, who was alleged to have anointed him. The real cause of their disagreement has remained in the realm of public conjecture, as various reasons have been adduced by different persons.
While some said Wike wanted to take 100 percent charge of what happens in the state, others said he wanted a large chunk of the state allocation given to him every month as compensation for making Fubara governor of the state.
However, there is also another opinion that Fubara would not accept any of the conditions given to him by Wike because according to him, he was elected to serve the interest of the Rivers people and not that of Wike.
With Fubara’s alleged recalcitrant position, the battle line was drawn between him and Wike.
It started with an attempt to impeach the governor, leading to the defection of 27 Rivers House of Assembly lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC