The Presidency says President Bola Tinubu was ready to wield the big stick and take a tough action to resolve the political crisis that had rocked Rivers State in the past few weeks if the impasse had not been resolved and an agreement reached at a meeting held on Monday between the President, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, former Governor Peter Odili and other stakeholders.
Speaking in an interview on a television programme after the meeting, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu had to play a fatherly role by intervening in the crisis because he is the father of the nation, but however noted that if the agreement had not been reached, he was ready to take a tough stance.
“The motive of the president is clearly in this case not a political one. He is the father of the nation; he is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces,” Ngelale said in the interview.
