2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election
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The next Rivers State gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on 2 March 2019. The election will be held concurrently with various other national and state level elections. One-term incumbent Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of the People's Democratic Party is eligible to run for re-election. He won in 2015 with 87.77% of the vote.
Background
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike previously served as Minister of State for Education prior to becoming governor. He was also Chairman of the 2016 PDP National Convention Committee. Wike may consider running for a second term as the state’s chief executive. He will be 51 years old in 2019.
There had been reports of a rift between members of the All Progressives Congress Dakuku Peterside and Ibim Semenitari.[1] The state party chairman, Davies Ikanya has, however, denied this.[2] In 2017, Transportation Minister Chibuike Amaechi got involved in a dispute with party members, after he declared billionaire businessman Tonye Cole as his choice for the All Progressives Congress nomination for governor.[3]
On 22 May 2017, Senate minority leader and former governor Godswill Akpabio announced that he would support a second term for Governor Wike in the Brick House.[4] Former Senate President David Mark and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu also voiced their endorsement of the incumbent governor to run for reelection.
See also
References
- ^ "Ibim Semenitari, ask your father GTG Toby what Dakuku did To him In 1998". Scan News. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "No rift between Peterside and Semenitari — Rivers APC". Premium Times. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "...As Amaechi Insists On Tonye Cole". National Network. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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