Fubara, You Are Cool And Calm—but Not This Time! It’s Time To Take Back Your State!

Governor Siminalayi Fubara, you have been patient, but your patience is now being mistaken for weakness. You have shown restraint, but restraint in the face of open political warfare is nothing but surrender. You have tried to govern with diplomacy, but diplomacy does not work against a man who only understands brute political force. This is no longer about governance—this is about survival. If you do not act now, if you do not fight back with every tool available to you, Rivers State will fall under the control of a man who has refused to let go of power. This is your defining moment. If you fail to seize it, your authority will be stripped away, your government will be dismantled, and your legacy will be erased.

Nyesom Wike has one singular mission—to see you removed from office, humiliated, and politically destroyed. He is not hiding his agenda. He is not pretending to be neutral. He has made it clear that he will not intervene to stop the state assembly from performing their so-called “constitutional duties.” What does this mean? It means he has given his blessing for your impeachment. He has sent a direct message to his loyalists in the Rivers State Assembly: Do it. Take him out. I will not stop you. He is daring you to resist because he believes you will not. He is challenging you to fight because he thinks you are incapable of doing so. His arrogance is unmatched, and his belief in his own power is absolute. He does not fear consequences because, so far, there have been none.

But it did not stop there. Wike, in his usual reckless arrogance, went further than just endorsing your removal—he insulted an entire people. He mocked the Ijaw culture because he knows there will be no pushback. He ridiculed the very identity you come from because he sees your people as powerless. He would never dare to speak of his own Ikwerre people this way. He would never openly degrade a culture that he believed had the strength to challenge him. But he did it to the Ijaw because he sees them as weak, just as he sees you as weak. His mockery was not just an attack on you; it was an insult to your entire ethnic identity. It was a message to you and your people: I can do whatever I want, and no one will stop me.

And he is proving it. Wike is not just trying to control Rivers State politically—he is treating it like his personal property. Just a few days ago, he stormed into Rivers State with an armed security convoy fit for a war zone. Military personnel, armored vehicles, police reinforcements, air support—he deployed the full force of federal power without your consent. He turned a so-called “thanksgiving” service in Abalama into a military operation. The people of the community told him not to come. They rejected his presence. But he forced his way in. He did not care about their protests. He did not respect their wishes. And when the people stood against him, his security forces responded with brute force. Innocent civilians were tear-gassed. Protesters were injured. Your own people were assaulted under your watch, in your own state, by a minister who holds no executive authority.

What does this tell you? It tells you that Wike does not respect you. It tells you that Wike does not see you as a legitimate leader. It tells you that Wike does not even recognize you as governor. He believes he is still in control of Rivers State, and right now, his actions prove that he is not wrong. Because if he can walk into your state unchallenged, if he can deploy military force without consequence, if he can openly call for your impeachment without fear, then what does that say about your authority? What does it say about your government? What does it say about your future?

If you allow this to continue, Wike’s power will only grow. If he can send a message that a mere minister can override a sitting governor, then other ministers will begin to believe they can do the same in their own states. If Wike is allowed to control Rivers from Abuja, then President Tinubu’s government will see that governors are powerless, that they are mere puppets, and that true control belongs to those who pull the strings from the capital. This is not just about Rivers State anymore—this is about whether Nigerian governors have any real authority at all.

This is your moment, Fubara. This is where you must draw the line. If you allow this to go unchecked, Wike will soon begin issuing security orders in your state as if he were still governor. He will decide who gets arrested. He will control which businesses succeed and which fail. He will dictate government policy from Abuja while you sit in Port Harcourt watching your power disappear. If you do not stop him now, next year he will install his own puppet in Government House while you become nothing but a forgotten name in political history.

You must act, and you must act now. First, file a civil case against Wike immediately. He has interfered in your governance, deployed security forces without your consent, and openly endorsed an illegal impeachment plot. Even if the judiciary is compromised, make sure that his actions are documented in legal records.

Second, encourage the injured protesters from Abalama to sue Wike personally. They were assaulted because of him. He must face consequences. He must be made to understand that his abuse of power comes with a price. Even if his allies in the judiciary try to protect him, flood the courts with lawsuits. Make it impossible for them to ignore.

Third, take your case beyond Nigeria. Go to ECOWAS, the African Union, and the United Nations. Nigeria is part of an international community that claims to support democracy. If a federal minister is attempting to remove an elected governor, the world needs to know.

Fourth, expose Wike’s actions to donor nations like the U.S., U.K., Germany, and France. These countries provide financial and governance support to Nigeria. They fund democracy programs. Let them see that Nigeria’s federal government is allowing a minister to undermine democracy in Rivers State. If Abuja refuses to intervene, international pressure can force them to act.

Fifth, take your story to global media. Wike controls too many voices in Nigeria. Take this to CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, The Guardian. If local media will not amplify your message, the international press will. Let the world hear directly from you that Rivers State is being politically invaded by a federal minister who refuses to respect the will of the people.

Finally, remind President Tinubu that this is not his war. Tinubu is a political strategist. He does not fight unnecessary battles. Right now, he is watching. The moment Wike becomes a liability, he will abandon him. Your job is to make Wike a liability. If you take legal action, if you draw global attention, if you make enough noise, Tinubu will see that Wike is bringing him unnecessary problems. And when that happens, Wike will lose his protection.

Fubara, this is the moment that will define your leadership. You did not fight for this office only to be overrun by a former governor who refuses to step aside. You did not swear an oath to watch your authority be stripped away without resistance. You did not take power to become a ceremonial figure while another man governs from Abuja. You must fight back. File lawsuits. Rally your people. Take this to international courts. Make Wike’s interference impossible to ignore.

If you fail to act, history will remember you as the governor who allowed himself to be overthrown without a fight. But if you stand now—if you resist, if you fight, if you refuse to bow—then you will be remembered as the governor who reclaimed his power and refused to be bullied.

This is your time, Fubara. Show them that Rivers State has only ONE governor—and his name is Siminalayi Fubara.