President Bola Tinubu has stepped in to cool the latest flare-up between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, telling Wike—point-blank—to drop any talk of impeaching the governor.
Arise News reports the order is part of a fresh presidential push for calm in Rivers. Tinubu wants the economically crucial state steady with election season approaching, insiders say.
Here’s what the deal reportedly covers:
– Wike and the Rivers lawmakers loyal to him must park the impeachment drive launched in early January 2026 over claims of gross misconduct.
– Fubara must publicly recognise Wike as the state’s political godfather, party labels aside. Wike still pulls weight in the PDP, while the governor has drifted closer to the APC camp Tinubu leads.
Tinubu has waded into this feud before. A 2023 peace accord brokered in the Villa collapsed, and in March 2025 the president declared a six-month state of emergency that briefly benched Fubara and several aides; reconciliation talks resumed after the emergency lapsed.
Impeachment noise started again in January 2026 when Wike accused the governor of breaking earlier promises, prompting a Rivers High Court interim order that blocked the assembly from forging ahead. By early February, momentum has stalled and no fresh moves are on the floor.
