After months of cold war occasioned by political differences and demolition of Bayelsa Government property in Port Harcourt, ex-Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike appears to have ended his feud with Governor Douye Diri.
The two Niger Delta politicians, who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party but feel apart in the build up to the 2023 presidential election, were hosted to a closed-door meeting by former Governor of Delta state, James Ibori, on Thursday.
PlatinumPost reports that Wike had in May 2023 demolished Bayelsa property located at Akasa Street in Old Government Residential Area of Port Harcourt, a move the Governor Diri-led government described as political.
Recall that while Diri supported the presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 poll, Wike alongside his G5 members worked against the interest of the former vice president.
Wike, who also described Diri’s government as hostile to Rivers, also failed to show up at the burial ceremony of the Bayelsa governor’s father that attracted top politicians from across the country.
It was, however, gathered that the meeting of the duo with Ibori was aimed at reconciling the two politicians to form a common front to attract development to the oil producing Niger Delta region.
Ibori, who confirmed hosting the two politicians in Abuja on Thursday, called for unity in Niger Delta.
“It was a pleasure to host two of my younger brothers, Governor Wike & Governor Diri today in Abuja. Unity in the Niger Delta is the key to peace and stability in the region,” Ibori tweeted on his verified Twitter’s handle.