The power struggle between Nigeria’s former Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor Sim Fubara has been settled to the former’s benefit, following an intervention by President Bola Tinubu that effectively cements Wike’s status as the godfather of local politics in Nigeria’s second-richest state.
But its sitting chief executive gets the short end of the stick.
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