Stop calling me your leader - Fubara tells supporters, bows to Wike

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has made a shocking statement about his political leadership in Rivers State.

Speaking at the unveiling of the Rainbow Coalition's candidates in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Fubara said those that called him leader during the crises between him and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, should stop henceforth.

This was as he declared Wike as the only leader in the state.

“Those that called me my leader during the crises, please stop calling me my leader, we have a common leader now which is His Excellency Chief Nyesom Wike,” Fubara said.

Recall that the crises in the state led to the declaration of state of emergency by President Bola Tinubu in March 2025 and lasted till September 2025.

Fubara's statement comes amid the political realignment in Rivers State ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Fubara and Wike have had a series of reconciliation meetings in recent times leading up to the unveiling of Wike's Rainbow Coalition candidates.

It was gathered that the unveiling of the coalition's candidates attracted political stakeholders from the All Progressives Congress, APC; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Labour Party, LP; Action Alliance, AA; All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA; Allied Peoples Movement, APM, among others.