According to a post on social media by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the closed-door meeting was attended by suspended Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, suspended Rivers Speaker Martins Amaewhule, and several other lawmakers embroiled in the dispute.

The peace talks, described as a “reconciliation meeting,” has been considered as a significant intervention of many others by President Tinubu since the crisis erupted and deepened into a near constitutional impasse.”

Onanuga described the meeting, which was initiated by the President, as a “closed-doors”, and was organised to end the political hostilities that have gripped Rivers State for months and to “restore normalcy and order.”