The agreement followed a closed-door meeting convened by the President at the State House in Abuja in June 2025, involving Wike and Fubara, as part of efforts to end the prolonged power struggle that plunged the state into a political crisis, leading to a state of emergency and the suspension of the governor and members of the State House of Assembly.

 

Although both leaders later pledged to work together for peace, neither disclosed the terms of the agreement.

 

However, Wike claimed on Wednesday that Fubara had failed to honour parts of what was agreed.

 

‘After agreeing on something, you renege. And you think you are a smart politician? You are clever by half.

 

‘Very soon, we will let Rivers people know what we agreed before Mr President. This agreement was not done anywhere; before Mr President. If you can renege on what we agreed before, Mr President, then who are we’? he asked.

 

Wike also renewed his earlier warning about the political future of the governor, insisting that his supporters were prepared to ‘correct the mistake’ of the 2023 elections.

 

‘We are battle-ready. We were the original ‘mandate’ people. Don’t deal with people who cannot keep to agreements. And they tell you it’s politics, that politics will not work here again.

 

‘If they like, let them keep all the money, whether they have N600bn or not. We have defeated people with money before. We will still defeat people with money. What matters is the people, it’s not money’, he said.

 

Wike also thanked the people of the Local Government Area for their support for Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, saying their loyalty had translated into appointments, infrastructure development and the siting of the Federal University of Environment in the area.