‘You don’t exist, I can de-recognize you’ – Fubara blasts Rivers lawmakers

“That is the truth. There was nothing in that Peace Accord
that’s a constitutional issue; it’s a political solution to a problem.

“And I accepted it because these were people that were
eating in my house, these were people I have helped pay their children’s school
fees when I wasn’t even a governor. So, what is the thing there?

“We might have our division but I believe that one day, we
could also come together but it has gotten to a time when I have to make a
statement that they are not existing.

“Their existence is me allowing them to exist. If I
de-recognise them, they are nowhere. I want you to see the sacrifice I have
made in allowing peace to reign in our state.”

Fubara and Wike have been at loggerheads since he assumed
office as governor.

The face-off led to some lawmakers defecting from the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress.

To ensure peace, Tinubu had ordered both factions to sign a
peace deal which included recognizing the aggrieved state lawmakers loyal to
Wike.