Nigeria, June 3 -- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he will not be able to make peace with the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, without the involvement of key parties to the political feud between them.

Mr Wike spoke in Abuja on Monday during a media chat which was broadcast live on Channels TV.

Messrs Wike and Fubara have been locked in a protracted fight over the control of the political structures in Rivers State, which split the state legislature into two factions and led to the declaration of emergency rule in the oil-rich state by President Bola Tinubu.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Fubara recently visited his predecessor, Mr Wike, at his Abuja residence to beg for ...