Among the takeaways from the recent national conventions by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of the country’s main opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is the emergent shape of the endgame of the governorship race in Rivers State come 2027.…For more, Read Full Original Post; Read Complete Original.
Courtesy of the twists and turns at the conventions, it would seem as if the polls in the state had assumed the status of a settled matter, even before the actual process.
For some observers, the current state of affairs points to the polls being denied the beauty of a true democratic process, whereby the Rivers State community would be availed the opportunity of systematically and collectively electing the next governor of the state, from a complement of aspirants, and in expression of the popular will.
Rather, the choice of the next governor is increasingly being seen to be by the dictates of an individual potentate, in the person of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital…For more, Read Full Original Post; Read Complete Original.
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