“Jubilation in River state as Governor SIM Fubara apologize to Nysome wike last night as they both finally reconcile back (sic)”, reads the caption of a Facebook video published on April 15, 2025.
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Screenshot showing the false post, taken May 13, 2025
Shared more than 800 times, the video shows Fubara speaking to the crowd with Wike beside him.
The post was published by an account called “Agozi commedy”. A review of the account shows it posts political video content, mostly of Tinubu and Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate.
Fubara was elected governor of Rivers state in March 2023, succeeding Wike, a lawyer who currently serves as the minister in charge of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja (archived here and here).
Shortly after Fubara’s inauguration, he became embroiled in a battle with his predecessor over control of the state (archived here).
The tussle culminated in a failed impeachment attempt and a dispute with state legislators, which resulted in the demolition of the state assembly complex (archived here and here).
In March 2025, Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers state and suspended Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the State Assembly for six months. He subsequently appointed Ibokette Ibas, a retired vice-admiral, as the state administrator for the period of Fubara’s suspension (archived here).
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