Rivers state government has denied the report of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s visit to the Government House, Port Harcourt in what many believe is a fresh move to tame the tide of the ongoing political crisis in the state.
The government also denied the alleged visit of pan Niger Delta Elders Forum, PANDEF equally in an attempt to broker peace between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the federal capital territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
A statement by the chief press secretary to the Governor, Nelson Chukwudi described it as “a malicious post circulating on social media, claiming that a delegation of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) paid a Solidarity Visit on Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, in Government House on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
There is also another planted by some people bent on causing chaos and anarchy in the State, alleging that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a visit to the Governor in Government House, Port Harcourt.
We would not have responded to these spurious claims and obvious fake news on social media, but for the erroneous impression they may create on the minds of gullible and unsuspecting members of the public, and indeed, well-meaning Rivers people”.
Chukwudi said in the statement that “there was no such visit by any delegation of PANDEF to Governor Fubara on the said date, neither did Chief Obasanjo visit him as claimed by our detractors.
Whatever the purveyors of the vexatious narratives are pushing on social media are only the imagination of enemies of the State, who do not want peace, good governance and even development that the present administration has been working hard to bequeath to the present and future generations”.
He reminded that the Governor has made it abundantly clear that he would comply and implement, to the fullest, the judgment of the Supreme Court on the political crisis in the State.
Fubara has already initiated processes to ensure that orders of the Apex Court are implemented, but the Rivers State House of Assembly has refused to cooperate with the Governor to facilitate the resolution of all issues raised by the Court.
The Governor is ready any day, any time to do the needful to ensure the resolution of the issues and smooth functioning of all arms of government in the State”, the media aide said.
