declaring loyalty

Nigeria: Wike plots PDP’s burial, deepens romance with Tinubu 

By Eniola Akinkuotu

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Posted on May 1, 2023 09:18

© Rivers state’s Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike on February 23, 2019, at a polling station in Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Rivers state’s Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike on February 23, 2019, at a polling station in Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Once regarded as the most loyal and influential leader in the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State not only orchestrated the PDP’s defeat at the Presidential poll but has now deepened his romance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as part of a grand scheme to bury the PDP’s chances of a comeback. 

The ruling APC has failed to win the majority of seats in the House of Representatives thereby blowing open the contest for the leadership of the House. It’s the first time to happen since  Nigeria adopted the Presidential system of government in 1979.

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