May 25, 2026
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom Wike on Monday broke his silence on the political turbulence gripping Rivers State, mocking Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s withdrawal from the 2027 APC governorship race and throwing his full weight behind the emergence of House of Representatives member Kingsley Chinda as the party’s candidate.
Speaking with reporters during an inspection tour of major infrastructure projects across Abuja, the former Rivers State governor revealed that a secret political pact brokered by President Bola Tinubu had underpinned the entire drama, disclosing that Fubara agreed to abandon his second-term ambition in exchange for the dropping of impeachment threats against him by the Rivers State House of Assembly.
While Fubara’s eventual withdrawal satisfied the terms of that agreement, Wike was scathing about the governor’s decision to purchase the nomination forms in the first place, describing the move as a breach of political trust and an affront to the president’s repeated peace interventions.
