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Rivers Crisis: Tinubu Meets Wike, Fubara, Ogoni Leaders, Others

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President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Nyesom Wike, at the State House Abuja.

Some Ogoniland leaders from four Local government areas of the state are also in the meeting.

Although the details of the meeting cannot be ascertained at the moment, it may not be unconnected to the political crisis plaguing the state since late 2023.

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The Eastern Updates reports that Fabara and Wike have been engaged in supremacy battle.

Some of the Ogoniland leaders sighted at the Council Chamber of the State House include Senators Lee Maeba, Magnus Abe, Olaka Nwogu, Victor Giadom, Kenneth Kobani, Monsignor Pius Kii, Leedom Mitee, Senators Bennett Birabi, Barry Mpigi, Kenneth Kobani, and Prof. B. Fakae, among others.

Also in attendance are the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari.

In other news, President Bola Tinubu stated that his administration has been intensively working to dismantle the financial networks that sustain terrorist groups within the country.

Highlighting recent achievements, Tinubu disclosed that authorities had secured the convictions of over 100 individuals accused of funding terrorist activities in the last two years.

While addressing the opening session of the 2025 National AML/CFT/CPF Summit in Abuja on Tuesday, President Tinubu revealed that the approach taken against convicted financiers was designed to cripple terrorist networks and safeguard citizens, though he refrained from naming any individuals.

 

The Eastern Updates 

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