‘I have gone back to our family’ - Fubara backs Kingsley Chinda as successor
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has publicly endorsed Kingsley Chinda of the APC as his successor, signaling a political reconciliation with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. Fubara stated he has returned to the 'family' coalition, ending a long-standing feud that previously threatened his administration.
Why it matters
This shift in political alliances significantly alters the power dynamics in Rivers State and impacts the broader APC political landscape in Nigeria.
Siminalayi Fubara , governor of Rivers, has declared his support for the Rainbow Coalition backed by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Fubara spoke on Wednesday during the commissioning of the Rivers Medical Industries Project in Port Harcourt, where he endorsed Kingsley Chinda , governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as his preferred successor.
“We have made peace in the state, and we have a total agreement,” he said.
“I am supporting our rainbow party, our rainbow coalition. President Bola Tinubu is our president and is the one we are supporting.
“OK Chinda is the governorship candidate that I am supporting, and anybody who believes in me will support him and every candidate under the rainbow.
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