Nigeria’s fitful attempts to clean up its politics continue to suffer seismic setbacks in Rivers State where bitter politics of succession is combined with the desperation of politicians to pollute the environment.
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The political crises rocking Rivers State seem to have taken a new twist as the Appeal Court on Thursday ordered Gov Sim Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the group of lawmakers led by Martins Amaewhule.
A former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike as an unruly Bull in a China Shop.
Action Peoples Party, Sim Fubara’s proxy party, the special purpose vehicle through which he is establishing his own hegemony, is certainly full of action, having made a near clean-sweep of the available seats in the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State.
Since the return to civil rule in 1999, Rivers State, the acclaimed treasure base of Nigeria, has had five governors namely Peter Odili, Celestine Omehia, Chibuike Amaechi, Nyesom Wike, and now Simnalayi Fubara.
The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike has blamed the Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara for the lingering political crises in the State which is degenerating into anarchy because of his refusal to obey court judgments.
The 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Tonye Cole has revealed four key personalities in the State who can intervene and end the political crisis in the state.
Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, has cried out about an alleged plot to arrest some of his supporters from tomorrow.
President Tinubu Reacts To Rivers Political Crises, Urges Aggrieved Persons To Seek Redress In Court
President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the lingering political crises in Rivers State which turned violent on Monday.
Senator Adolphus Wabara, who is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, has expressed doubts if the PDP will continue to be the ruling Party in Rivers State in 2027.