Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged political godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, are at the moment attending a meeting of the National Police Council (NPC) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The two men were captured in a photo shaking hands before the commencement of the closed door meeting which has other governors in attendance.

Other state governors in attendance include Yahaya Bello; Kogi, Dapo Abiodun; Ogun, Ahmadu Fintiri; Adamawa, Bala Mohammed; Bauchi, Abdullahi Abba; Kano, and Bassey Otu; Cross River.

The meeting of the National Police Council is usually chaired by the President of Nigeria. Today’s meeting will be presided over by President Bola Tinubu.

Aside from the 36 State Governors and the Minister of the FCT, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) are in attendance.

The meeting comes in the midst of growing hostilities between the former governor and his successor.

On Monday, October 30, 2023, the State House of Assembly was riddled with claims of impeachment and dissolution of the State Executive Council and Local Government Councils, as well as, the removal of the Chief Judge of the State.

However, 24 hours later, the narrative in the Media changed with the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson debunking the rumour of dissolutions.

Also on Monday evening, some elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, alongside former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Onueze Okocha, and others visited Governor Fubara in an effort to calm frayed nerves and avoid a further degeneration of the crisis.

Residents of Port Harcourt, popularly called “the Garden City” were caught up with fear of the unknown as the loyalists of the godfather and godson engaged in a tit-for-tat on the streets reminding them of familiar activities of non-state actors in the recent past.