PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported Mr Fubara insisting that the local elections would go on despite a court order against it.
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Mr Fubara’s spokesperson, Nelson Chukwudi, quoted the governor as saying this when he received members of the Simplicity Movement in Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.The group was led by Sobomabo Jackrich, a candidate of the National Rescue Movement in the 2023 governorship election. Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister, have been engaged in a protracted fight over controlling the political structure in Rivers.
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