With Nyesom Wike's allies emerging as the PDP and APC candidates in the forthcoming local elections, it is glaring that the minister has regained control of the grassroots political structure in the state, the focal point of his feud with Governor Fubara.
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The suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his loyalists were not featured at the event, except for a backdrop that carried Mr Fubara’s picture. The political feud split the legislature into two factions – 27 lawmakers loyal to Mr Wike, leaving four in Mr Fubara’s camp., while both factions battled in the court over the legality of the pro-Wike lawmakers after they defected to the APC.local elections, taking over the control of the political structure at the grassroots after his allies were elected as councillors and chairpersons of the 23 local councils in the state.
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