BATTLE FOR RIVERS GOVERNORSHIP SEAT IN 2027 HOTS UP AS INCUMBENT GOVERNOR FUBARA CLEARED, SET TO LOCK HORNS WITH WIKE’S ANOINTED CANDIDATE, KINGSLEY CHINDA AT PRIMARY ELECTION

 

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was in the early hours of Saturday, May 9, 2026, successfully screened by the All Progressives Congress ahead of the May 21 governorship primary election.

Fubara was cleared by the APC screening committee at the Plateau Governors Lodge.

The Rivers State Governor was among the 17 serving governors whose credentials were verified and assessed by the committee.

The Rivers APC primary election looks set to witness a tough contest, as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, had vowed to cripple Fubara’s re-election bid.

Earlier, Wike’s loyalist, Kingsley Chinda, was screened and cleared by the APC to contest against Fubara in the forthcoming governorship primary election.