We hear that President Olusegun Obasanjo has told his party ally Rivers State Governor Peter Odili to get a grip on crime and dissent or suffer the political consequences...
The vice-presidency is being eyed by southern governors notably Obasanjo acolytes the governors of Rivers State Peter Odili and Cross River Donald Duke...
They targeted their criticism at associates and relatives of: Rivers State Governor Peter Odili (close to Maeba and others); Minister of State for Oil Daukoro (a former director and shareholder of Platform Oil); Obasanjo's Chief of Staff Abdullahi Mohammed; and key presidential aide Andy Uba...
Asari is not known for ideological consistency; his main gripe is now against Rivers State Governor Peter Odili; and his 'all-out war' last year (resulting in negotiations in Abuja) elevated his reputation among the Ijaw youth...
Federalists Diepreye Alamieyeseigha: Bayelsa State Governor; controls Nigeria's third largest federal allocation; self-appointed leader of Ijaw federalists; like fellow governors (James Ibori Delta and Peter Odili Rivers) he plays in his speeches on the 'struggle' and 'battle' for 'resource control'...
Governor Peter Odili of nearby Rivers State stands by Obasanjo but is himself accused of corruption vote-fixing arming militant groups and failing to improve the lot of impoverished communities in the oil-producing districts...
Obasanjo must repay political debts to his forerunner Ibrahim Babangida and to state governors such as Peter Odili who faces allegations of corruption and thuggery by supporters of the Niger Delta rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo Asari...
Amnesty International wrote to Rivers Governor Peter Odili estimating that at least 500 people had died in gangland killings since July...
Warlords and state government Newspapers in Port Harcourt have accused senior politicians - such as Emmanuel Ibodeng Njah Chairman of the Rivers State Local Government Commission and Rivers State Governor Peter Odili of failing to protect citizens in places such as Ataba...
Dokubo-Asari has declared an 'armed struggle' against the Federal Government and Rivers State Governor Peter Odili...