President Bola Tinubu is in closed-door talks with the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara; a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and other stakeholders at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
The meeting, which began Monday evening, comes after weeks of face-off between Fubara and his predecessor who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Although the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it may be connected to the December 11 episode in the political crisis where 27 out of 32 members of the State House of Assembly—known to be Wike’s loyalists—defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
Consequently, the legislature declared their seats vacant.
Wike himself was spotted at the State House premises earlier.
Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Rivers State deputy governor are also inside the President’s office complex as of this report.
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