The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and former Governor Nyesom Wike has said he is open to a peaceful resolution of the recent conflict that has plagued Rivers State.

Wike stated this while addressing the traditional ruler of Ogbaland, who had come to felicitate him on his recent birthday at his residence in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The chiefs and other members of the traditional institution from Ogbaland in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state were led by the traditional ruler, Nwachukwu Nnam-Obi, the Third and called for peace in the state.

In response, Wike assured the monarch that he would listen to his advice and debunked claims that the political crisis was an ethnic war.

He, however, said that no one would drag down him and his political team in the state.