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Fubara : The Strategic Underdog
By: David Oguzierem
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the undeniable maximum ruler of Rivers State today. Yes, that’s correct.
Not Chief Nyesom Wike. Not any godfather. Not any street general. The truth is simple – the buck stops at Aso Rock.
If Tinubu wakes up tomorrow and decides that Governor Siminalayi Fubara should go, Fubara will go. No noise. No drama. No excuses.
If he decides that Wike should be sidelined politically, it will happen—silently, firmly, irreversibly.
If he decides that Fubara will run for a second term, or won’t even smell the ticket, that decision will hold.
That is the cold, hard reality of power in Rivers State. Yes. That’s correct.
Chief Wike has already sold Rivers wholesale to the President, and Tinubu is not a man who jokes with what has been handed to him.
Think of it this way – when you sell land, you don’t dictate how the new landlord builds his house.
Everyone—including Wike himself—is now operating at the mercy of the President.
Need proof? Let me break it down.
Tinubu just said “No impeachment.” And just like that, impeachment died on the spot.
Wike yesterday publicly announced his retreat, promising never to engineer another crisis.
Rumueprikom’s loud threats and political tantrums are over. Wonders have ended.
So let’s ask the question that every political observer should be asking – who really controls Rivers State today? Wike—or Tinubu?
Here’s the brutal truth – Wike has been edged out, quietly but firmly, and he hasn’t fully realized it yet.
Power doesn’t always leave with noise. Sometimes it leaves silently while the former owner is still shouting.
I genuinely sympathize with the once-feared political lion—
the Wike who roared and demons scattered,
the Wike whose cough made lawmakers catch cold.
That version of Wike is now history.
The proof of who’s running Rivers is in the meetings. The President has convened three separate gatherings on the Rivers crisis, bringing together Governor Fubara and Minister Wike.
Now, Wike goes to Tinubu to see Fubara. Not the other way around. He cannot summon the Governor at will. He cannot control what happens in Rivers without first getting the Villa’s nod.
If Villa is “inaccessible,” Wike resorts to street drama: rallies, “renewed hope coalitions,” support groups in Port Harcourt, and pushing assembly-led theatrics for impeachment. But even these are shadows of real power, designed to make noise without impact.
When a President keeps calling you to the table, it’s not because you’re in charge—it’s because you’re being managed.
These meetings are not about reconciliation or friendship. They are about containment, balance, and damage control.
Here’s the most strategic twist – Tinubu publicly affirmed Wike as the political leader of Rivers State, while simultaneously warning him never to attempt impeachment again.
That’s politics at its highest level – ego massage with absolute power restriction.
Let’s be clear – Wike’s days of running Rivers unchecked are over.
He sold Rivers State wholesale, and he will never regain full control.
Meanwhile, Fubara plays the underdog—the dangerous, smart, silent type who knows how to survive, adapt, and strike when the moment is right.
The message is loud and clear- in Rivers State today, the roar belongs to Tinubu. Fubara follows. Wike? He watches.
This is not speculation. It is the brutal reality of power in Rivers State—and anyone who thinks otherwise is simply ignoring the facts.
David E. Oguzierem
Convener, Fubara Continuity Project (FCP)
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