Rivers guber: Coast clear for Wike’s man, Chinda after Fubara, Cole, Alabo’s withdrawal 

The seashore is present wide for Ogundu Chinda, 10th National Assembly lawmaker representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency and kinsman of Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, to clinch the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship summons successful Rivers State. 

This comes aft the withdrawal of the incumbent politician of the state, Siminalayi Fubara. 

Fubara, successful a connection helium signed connected Wednesday, said his determination to retreat from the governorship contention was a committedness to bid successful the state.

Shortly aft Fubara’s withdrawal, George-Kelly Alabo besides stepped speech from the gubernatorial contention successful APC. 

Earlier, the ruling party’s emblem bearer successful the 2023 wide elections, Tonye Cole, announced his withdrawal from the 2027 governorship race. 

Fubara, Cole, and Alabo’s withdrawal ahead of Thursday’s APC governorship primaries gives Chinda the borderline to clinch the ruling party’s governorship summons successful Rivers State. 

Recall that Wike, erstwhile politician of the state, stormed Port Harcourt up of the APC governorship primaries. 

The improvement means Fubara volition not beryllium re-elected arsenic Rivers Governor successful 2027.

Fubara and Wike person been astatine loggerheads contempt respective bid deals. 

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