RIVERS CRISIS: Atiku’s Camp Defies Tinubu, Tells Rivers People What To Do After 8-Point Deal Emerged

The response from the camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the enduring political crisis in Rivers State.

The camp was not impressed by Tinubu’s 8-point resolutions regarding the ongoing political rift in the oil-rich state.

The resolution of the crisis took place in a three-hour meeting at the State House in Abuja, involving President Tinubu, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, former governor Peter Odili, and other key stakeholders.

After the meeting, eight resolutions were reached to address the political tension in the South-South state, with Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Oma Ordu, Wike, the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, the factional Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly Martin Amaewhule, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State Aaron Chukwuemeka, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Chairman Tony Okocha signing the resolution.

In response to these developments, Daniel Bwala, the spokesman for the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, expressed dissent.

In a post on his verified X handle on Monday, Bwala stated, “The people of Rivers State should disown the so-called directive which is in itself illegal, unconstitutional and null and void.”