Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
The political drama and intrigues playing out in Rivers State took a dramatic new twist yesterday when the court-reinstated Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Emeka Beke, declared the party’s support for the leadership of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the state, insisting that two persons could not be governor in a state.
This new position by the state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is in sharp contrast to the confrontational approach under former Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, an ally of the current Minister of the FCT, Neysom Wike who has since drawn battle lines with the Governor over control of the state.
This was as members of the Renewed Hope Family in the state, led by Chief Tony Okocha, yesterday, held a solidarity walk in the major streets of Port Harcourt, in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s policies and the Minister for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike.
The battle for political supremacy in the state changed slight on Monday, when a Rivers State High Court presided by Justice Sika Aprioku, in Port Harcourt, sacked the Caretaker Committee of the APC in the state led by Okocha as inaugurated by the National Working Committee of the party and reinstated the Beke leadership of the party.
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