For the second time in recent months, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stepped in to mediate the escalating political crisis in Rivers State between FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The intervention, reported on Monday, January 12, 2026, comes as the state faces a fresh impeachment threat against the Governor and rising tensions among supporters of both camps.
The President reportedly summoned both parties to a private meeting at the Presidential Villa to prevent the crisis from destabilizing the strategic oil-producing state. Sources indicate that the President expressed concern over the “unending distractions” to governance and the potential for the conflict to spark wider regional unrest. This latest intervention follows the collapse of a previous peace accord signed in late 2024, which failed to permanently settle the rift over party leadership and the control of the state’s political structure.
While the details of the new “peace terms” have not been made public, there is intense pressure on the Rivers State House of Assembly to withdraw its recent impeachment notice as a gesture of goodwill. However, political analysts remain skeptical, noting that the root causes of the friction, power-sharing and loyalty within the state’s political machinery, remain largely unresolved.
