DAILY TRUST
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has announced the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to douse the current political tension in Rivers State.
He stated this on Tuesday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of National Police Council presided over by the president at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mohammed, who said the president was talking to the parties involved the imbroglio, added that it appeared there would be peace with his intervention.
“He (President Tinubu) has shown that he is President for PDP and APC. We are going to work with him.”
Daily Trust had reported that Governor Simi Fubara and Nyesom Wike, his predecessor who is currently Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), met at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday morning.
The duo, who reportedly fell out less than six months after succession, have been in the news since the reported move of the Rivers House of Assembly to impeach the governor.
Fubara had stormed the assembly while some lawmakers loyal to Wike were said to be planning his removal.
Addressing youths who trooped to Government House, Port Harcourt, over the development, Fubara vowed to resist any impeachment attempt against him.
The governor also dared his political opponents to tell him his offence before he would be removed.
“I know how you people are feeling, just take it easy. Great Rivers State youths. Great! When we have the youth, we have power,” Fubara said.
