Governor Siminalayi Fubara says he has fulfilled every promise he has kept with his political godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike as the fracas in the state lingers on.

Fubara made this known in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Monday, October 8.

Speaking further, he appealed to his predecessor to let go of his grip on Rivers State and let peace reign in the oil-rich state.

“I have all the guts to do these things,” the governor said, asking his predecessor to let go of whatever hold he thought he had over the South-South state.

The governor said he has kept all “understanding” he had with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to ensure peace in the state but the issue has continued to escalate.

“There is nothing I have not done on this earth for peace to reign. I can tell you the number of times I have knelt to beg that let’s allow this issue to go. I have done everything,” Fubara said.

Asked what his message to Wike would be if they met, Fubara said, “I’ll tell him (Wike) that it has gotten to a point where he needs to let go. We need peace in this state.

“You don’t necessarily need to win all the fights; at times, you just let go for the sake of the good people of Rivers State and the love that you have always professed for the state. We need to secure the state.

“Fubara will leave tomorrow. Who knows who is going to come? It might be through him or another person but we need to secure the state.”

''There is nothing that I have not done on this earth for peace to reign. I can tell you the number of times I have knelt to beg to allow this issue to go''

-Govenor Fubara#PoliticsToday pic.twitter.com/CzeFamXkm1

— Channels Television (@channelstv) October 7, 2024