His abrasive reputation has fuelled a dispute between outgoing Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike and four other governors from the south...
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Support for restructuring goes down well in the PDP's heartlands in the south-east and the south-south regions but Abubakar's continuing battle with one of the party's main funders Rivers State governor Nyesome Wike risks losing voter support (AC Vol 63 No 18 Opposition fall-out shakes up election plans)...
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At the heart of the trouble is Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike a PDP baron who has expressed serial grievances against Atiku...
He managed to defy opposition from other northern barons in the party such as Bukola Saraki from Kwara state as well as hostile resistance from Nyesom Wike governor of Rivers state...
Ten days earlier Abubakar won the presidential primaries of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) with 371 votes against runner up Rivers State governor Nyesome Wike's 237 votes...
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Abubakar who hails from the north-east state of Adamawa and runs an oil services company won 371 votes against the 237 votes for Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike who had campaigned energetically as a candidate for the oil-producing south-south region...
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Among the PDP's front-running southern candidates are the incumbent governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike and ex-governor of Anambra State Peter Obi...
Leading politicians from the Delta such as Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike are set play an outsize role in those elections competing for the region's loyalty...
Despite having provoked anger among elders in his base in the Niger Delta region for his alliance with Buhari Amaechi could also reconcile with many of them including former friend turned foe current Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike...
Two governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Seyi Makinde of Oyo have a good chance of the getting the nomination (AC Vol 62 No 18 Fighting for the fiscus)...