Nigeria, April 12 -- Senator Henry Seriake Dickson has urged calm in Rivers State as the contentions led to the state of emergency in Rivers continue. He spoke on Friday during a visit to Governor Siminalaye Fubara's Port Harcourt residence.

Following a private meeting with Governor Fubara, Senator Dickson, who represents the Bayelsa West Senatorial Zone, made a passionate plea for calm and urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to personally intervene to de-escalate tensions in the state.

The visit follows weeks of intense political maneuvering, with Governor Fubara's political future stalled due to a bitter power struggle involving his predecessor, now Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike.

The crisis escalated when the Sta...