Nigeria, Jan. 13 -- The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on Monday inaugurated a seven-member ad hoc committee to intervene in the renewed political crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, with a view to restoring peace in the oil-rich state.

PANDEF, the apex socio-political body of Nigeria's South-south geopolitical zone, mandated the reconciliation committee to resolve the crisis and restore political confidence in the governance of the state within two weeks.

The committee, chaired by a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was inaugurated in Abuja.

A former senator who represented Edo North in the Seventh National Assembly, Obende...