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The All Progressives Congress, APC, is set to “sacrifice” the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Amaewhule, a source close to the insider deals has told The Neighbourhood Newspaper. Though still an unfolding development, however, the source, often precise and constant in his disclosures, said that it is all part of high-class political re-arrangements to secure Rivers State as the party would leave nothing to chance against 2027.
In the unfolding high-wire deals crafted in the highest political hatchery, the current Speaker, considered a protege of Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, is said to have lost his position as a result of the dwindling fortunes of the Minister. The source revealed that the Minister, once considered indispensable in the Administration of President Bola Tinubu, had, in recent times, suffered serial political mishaps, perpetuated by his personal actions. The source, who revealed that Wike’s favour quotient before the President had suffered sharp decline, added that the Minister’s push to have the National Democratic Party, NDP, a de-listed political party in Nigeria, to be re-registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, triggered more suspicion within the Presidency and among those who have the President’s ears. “Maybe, Mr. Wike thought he could walk around it in absolute secrecy, he did not realise that every bit of his movements were monitored. Or, maybe he assumed that he was invisible that his actions were also invisible.”
Part of this bargain, this source volunteered, includes sourcing for a replacement for Amaewhule. “The Presidency prefers to work with Governor Sim Fubara, whose second tenure the party, at the national level, has secured. Except the Rivers State Governor declines the first right of refusal, his ticket to seek re-election is already in his pockets. We cannot risk President Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, and allowing the current Speaker will jeopardise the party’s plans for Rivers. Much as we cannot trust Wike, APC cannot trust the Speaker. When once we are done recruiting his replacement, we shall make the move. Our goal will be to secure Rivers State for President Tinubu, and of course Governor Fubara shall be a primary beneficiary in this.”
The Neighbourhood Newspaper
