2027: Fubara, Wike allies deny governorship ambitions, pledge loyalty

Two prominent politicians in Rivers State, Edison Ehie and Boma Iyaye, have denied nursing governorship ambitions for 2027.

Ehie, the immediate past Chief of Staff to the current Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and Iyaye, an ally of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who is currently the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission, made the denials in separate statements issued in Port Harcourt and obtained by our correspondent.

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Ehie was reacting to a poster circulating with his image alongside that of the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Mr Dakuku Peterside, depicting them as gubernatorial aspirant and running mate under the platform of the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 election.

The poster, titled “Rivers Must Be Free From the Hands of One Man,” carries a sub-theme at the bottom reading, “We Must Take Back Our Rivers 2027.”

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Ehie, in a statement he personally signed on Sunday, dissociated himself from the poster and described it as “mischievous and desperate.”

He said the narrative was false and a calculated attempt to mislead the public and sow discord.

He stated, “My attention has been drawn to a mischievous and desperate poster circulating in the public space, falsely suggesting that I am aligned with a so-called agenda to ‘free Rivers from the hands of one man’ under a proposed 2027 ticket on the platform of the African Democratic Congress with Dr. Dakuku Peterside as Governor of Rivers State and me as Deputy Governor.

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“Let it be stated clearly, firmly, and without ambiguity: this narrative is not only false, it is a calculated act of political propaganda designed to mislead the public, sow discord, and undermine the unity and stability currently being strengthened under the leadership of His Excellency, Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State.

“That said, I remain a committed and loyal member of the All Progressives Congress and stand firmly and unequivocally with Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

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