My discussion with Tinubu is ‘father and son’ engagement, Fubara says after close door meeting

The reinstated governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, said the discussion he had with President Bola Tinubu on Monday during a close door meeting was a ‘father and son’ engagement, he told the State House Correspondents.

He stated that his relationship with the President was cordial, adding that he now works with his political godfather, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, who is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

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Reacting to questions from the Correspondents, he said: “I don’t know what you mean by if this is a paper peace. As far as I’m concerned, we have made peace. Fubara and his principal are working together,” he said.

Fubara resumed duty after completing a six months suspension slammed on his administration by Prersident Bola Tinubu following chaos that rocked Rivers State.

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The governor having a running battle of supremacy with the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike who also has the loyalty of the State House of Assembly.

“You’re aware that suspension was lifted at midnight on September 17, and I came in on the 19th. Ideally, it’s proper for me to see Mr. President and to tell him that I’m back, and I’ve also resumed my responsibility as the Governor of the Rivers State.

“It’s not much. It’s father-son discussion, telling him thank you and the areas where, if at all, there should be any issue for him to guide me properly so we don’t be in any situation of crisis. That’s all,” said Fubara.

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