JUST IN: Fubara meets Tinubu at Aso Rock

President Bola Tinubu and the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Photo: State House

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The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is currently in a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.

Our correspondent sighted the governor walking the corridors toward the President’s office at 5:01 p.m., dressed in a deep-blue long-sleeve shirt, black trousers, and a black flat cap.

Minutes earlier, Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru had also been ushered in for a separate engagement.

Details of both meetings remain undisclosed as of this report.

The governor’s visit comes amid mounting speculation that he may soon leave the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress, following fresh political turbulence in his state.

On Friday, December 5, 17 members of the House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, announced their defection from the PDP to the APC, instantly shifting the legislature’s balance of power.

The only three lawmakers considered loyal to Fubara have not resumed sitting since the six-month emergency rule in the state was lifted on September 18, deepening uncertainty around the governor’s political future.

Months earlier, Fubara had been reinstated as governor following the end of the emergency rule imposed by President Tinubu on March 18.

Nwifuru, an APC governor and former Speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, has similarly engaged the Presidency in recent months on infrastructure and security coordination in the South-East.

With three years of experience, Stephen, The PUNCH correspondent, has been covering Nigeria’s presidency, politics, security, immigration and trafficking in persons

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