The presidency has confirmed a meeting between President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, suspended Governor Siminalayi of Rivers and the lawmakers in the state House of Assembly, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, June 26.
Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, announced the development in a tweet on Friday morning, June 27, stating that the president brokered peace in Rivers State’s political crisis.
Onanuga, while sharing the video of their meeting, stated that President Tinubu “hosted a reconciliation meeting on Thursday night at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, bringing together all the figures in the Rivers State political crisis in the oil-rich state, was held behind closed doors at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday night.
Here is the video of the moment: