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Delta 2023: Zoning Guber Seat On Senatorial Basis Will Trigger Trouble, Group Warns

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4 years ago

February 5, 2022

DELTA-Ijaw 2023 Governorship Advocacy Group, DIGAG, has warned that zoning the 2023 governorship in Delta State to a senatorial district, thereby shutting out aspirants from other senatorial districts, will fan the flames of crisis for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The group, in a statement by the Director-General, Augustine Okporu, cautioned: “Those propagating the moribund senatorial district zoning arrangement for the governorship office in Delta State should have a rethink. The agitation to zone governorship office to a particular senatorial district in order to shut out aspirants from other senatorial districts will spell doom for the PDP in the state.”

“It has never happened before where any of the three senatorial districts in Delta state exclusively contested the office at any given point in time. The records are there in the public from 1998 to date.

“Granted that only Delta Central people contested the 1998 PDP governorship primary, the duo of Chief James Ibori and Prof Sam Oyovbaire were the only interested aspirants in PDP that contested the election. The party did not zone the office to Delta Central Senatorial District then.

“In 2007, all the senatorial districts had aspirants that contested the PDP governorship primary at Ogwashi-Uku. It was not zoning arrangement that brought His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to power. Those who are trying to bite the fingers that once fed them should remind themselves of our recent history.

“The Ijaws were disappointed with the opinion of His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan at the PDP Caucus meeting in Asaba on the 21st of January, 2022. The former governor knew very well that it was not zoning, but Ibori’s desire to impose him on Deltans that brought him into power. We wonder why he is joining his detractors to call for zoning. Those who have their palm kernel broken by benevolent spirit are expected to do good.

“The Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, also disappointed the Ijaw people through his vexatious contribution at the state PDP caucus meeting. He was an aspirant in the 2015 governorship primary at Asaba where all the senatorial districts had aspirants that contested the election.

“The question we wish to ask him: When did senatorial district zoning arrangement become a sure path to peace in the state?

“The Minority Leader should take the zoning debate to his Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency. PDP governorship office has never been zoned to any senatorial district in the state since 1999.”

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Why We’re Impeaching Fubara — Rivers Assembly

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10 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The Rivers State House of Assembly has given reasons for the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

The Majority Leader of the Assembly, Major Jack, said the decision to impeach the governor and his deputy was based on their alleged persistent violation of the peace agreement brokered by President Bola Tinubu.

Jack made the allegation during plenary on Thursday while presenting the report detailing acts of misconduct against the governor.

According to him, Governor Fubara and his deputy had repeatedly disregarded the resolutions reached during reconciliation efforts aimed at restoring stability in the state.

He accused the two leaders of running the affairs of government without commitment to transparency and good governance.

“The governor and his deputy have continued to act in a manner that undermines democratic principles and accountability,” Jack said.

He further alleged that the peace deals facilitated by President Tinubu were breached on several occasions, including agreements reached during reconciliation meetings held in December 2023 and another in 2025.

Jack insisted that the continued failure of the governor and his deputy to honour the terms of the peace accord necessitated the impeachment process currently before the Assembly.

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‘We’ll Do Everything To Stop It’ – APC Rejects Fubara’s Impeachment

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11 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State chapter, has vehemently rejected the move by the State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy.

The Assembly had earlier on Thursday commenced an impeachment process against Fubara over alleged misconduct.

The impeachment notice is expected to be issued to the governor and his deputy in the next seven days.

Reacting, the Rivers APC, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, rejected the move.

“Our position as at today on this matter is that we solemnly reject the resort to an impeachment process against our governor and his deputy.

“It will be totally untenable for our party to keep quiet when an obvious hangover from strifes that occurred within the PDP are allowed to resurface in our great party,” Darlington said.

He added that the ruling party “will do everything possible to ensure that the Government of Rivers State, which is an APC government, is not destabilized”

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Rivers Crisis: Bad People Won’t Prevail Over Us – Wike

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11 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says God will not allow “bad people” prevail in Rivers State.

Wike made the statement on Thursday during his ‘thank-you-visit’ to the Bonny Island area of Rivers State.

“I appreciate you because you have shown me love and shown that you are people that can be trusted.

“I have told people that I don’t believe in generalizing, if for example somebody in Bonny disappoints you, you said Bonny people are bad, that’s very wrong.

“There are different kinds of people.There are places you have armed robbers, you have good people who stay there. So you can’t say because someone is bad so everyone there is bad. That’s not it.

“The good people are more in number than the few people who want to rub us black, but God, in His infinite mercy, will not allow evil to prevail over light,” he said.

Wike’s statement is coming after the Rivers State House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.