• Stakeholders lament continuous political crisis in state
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups Council has urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State and uphold the party’s supremacy.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja yesterday, the Director-General of the council, Sadiq Jikta, said the situation in Rivers poses a serious threat to party unity and democratic stability.

The political crisis in Rivers stems from a prolonged feud between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, who has been accused of exerting influence through loyalists in the state’s House of Assembly.

The stand-off has seen repeated attempts by lawmakers to impeach Fubara. The Assembly initiated a fresh impeachment process on January 8, 2026, citing seven counts of gross misconduct, including alleged extra-budgetary spending and other constitutional breaches.

Reacting, Jikta said the crisis has gone beyond internal disagreements and now touches on the core principles of party discipline and respect for its structures.

“This is a matter of grave and urgent concern to the entire ecosystem of the APC, and by extension, to the stability and democratic health of our nation,” he said.

The groups accused Wike of actions that continued to fuel tension and undermine constituted authority in the state, warning against allowing the party’s stability to be compromised by the interests of one individual.

Jikta called on Tinubu to take a firm and clear position in defence of the APC, stressing that the party’s stability must be protected.
The groups reaffirmed their backing for Fubara, describing him as the duly elected and constitutionally recognised leader of the party in the state.

They urged party members to rally around him and resist what they called external interference.

ALSO, a coalition of civil society organisations, media practitioners, and concerned citizens in Rivers State has raised the alarm over the worsening political crisis in the state, describing it as an existential threat to peace, stability, and development.

The stakeholders made this known in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency meeting held in Port Harcourt yesterday, where participants reviewed the growing political tension and its impact on governance.

According to the stakeholders, the political impasse is driven by “ambitions of state capture and resource control” and involves key political actors at the state and national levels, including the President, the FTC minister, and the incumbent governor, Fubara.

“The ongoing power struggle among political elites has paralysed governance and plunged Rivers State into an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty and instability,” the communiqué stated.

The coalition identified the lack of internal party democracy, money politics, and the weakening of democratic institutions as the root causes of the crisis.