Popular activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has weighed in on the lingering political crisis between Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Adeyanju advised Fubara to challenge Wike directly, stressing that the minister would not back down unless confronted.
Adeyanju described Wike as a totalitarian who shuns compromise, emphasizing that Fubara’s repeated concessions have only emboldened Wike.
“There is nothing that Fubara would do that will make Wike back down, he’s a totalitarian who does not believe in a middle ground. He would not shift, the governor has shifted severally; the way out is for the governor to confront him frontally. Wike does not like to be challenged and once you challenge him, he becomes jittery and starts talking anyhow.
“The governor should challenge him headlong, the law is settled that when people defect; they lose their seat as stated by the Supreme Court. They went and got a lower court to make another ruling on the same subject matter.
“Fubara should just man up and challenge the guy, he’s not a god; this god complex that he has that his words are supreme. The same treatment that Wike has given to those who supported him, he would give to Tinubu; Tinubu will not be an exception.
“Assuming that I went to beg Wike as he said in his interview, that means he’s the oracle that makes people in PDP. So why couldn’t he make himself a PDP presidential candidate since he’s the oracle of the party that determines who gets what and how in PDP?”
The feud between Fubara and Wike began in late 2023, resulting in the factionalization of the state assembly and the burning of the assembly complex. The rift also defied President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.