Who Owns the Rhythm As The Drum of Power Cracks in Rivers State
By Nwafor Oji Awala Rivers State is once again a theatre where power drums too loudly for peace to sleep. The air is heavy with talks of pacts, threats of revelations, and the clang of constitutional swords drawn from their scabbards. When agreements are made in candlelit rooms and later denied in daylight, who bears the burden of truth: the tongue that threatens to speak, or the ears that must listen? Gov Fubara The year 2025 ended with sparks as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, stood before stakeholders in Eleme and unsheathed a promise: if Governor Siminalayi Fubara would not speak of a pact allegedly witnessed by President Bola Tinubu, he would. What is this agreement that trembles like a trapped bird between disclosure and denial? Why must Rivers people hear it as a threat rather than a confession? At that same gathering, allegiances were pledged like libations poured on old altars. Senator Olaka Nwogu declared fidelity to Wike and accused the gover...