Rivers-based politician Dakuku Peterside on Wednesday publicly declared his political tribe in the oil-rich South-South state, saying he does not belong to the camp of the former governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Instead, Peterside, a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said he aligns with Wike’s predecessor and estranged former godfather Rotimi Amaechi.
“I am a friend to Rotimi Amaechi,” the former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship hopeful said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
“I am not on the side of Nyesom Wike,” Peterside submitted, adding that he is also not politically aligned with Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
He, however, said he was ready to provide advice for the incumbent governor on how to move the state forward.
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara exchange pleasantries with Former Governor Rotimi Amaechi during the funeral service in honor of the late Mrs. Princess Patricia Gboloba Awune Peterside (née Bob-Manuel). Princess Awune is the mother of the founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Atedo Peterside.
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