Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi

Locally the polls pitted two of the State's strongmen against each other – Rotimi Amaechi and Ezenwo Nyesom Wike...

As for the maritime university that Nimasa had planned for the Gbaramatu Kingdom in July former Rivers State Governor and now Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi poured cold water on its likely construction...

Although former Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi accused him of systematic vote-rigging and criminal violence the High Court upheld Wike's 2015 victory...

Rivers' former Governor Rotimi Amaechi who triggered a national political realignment when he walked out of the PDP in 2013 is now Transport Minister and a senior member of the APC...

• Transport: Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi; the Rivers State ex-Governor takes this big spending ministry at the centre of the government's infrastructure development plans (AC Vol 54 No 16 Amaechi takes on Jonathan)...

Two very different figures militant leader Tompolo and former Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi are likely to play a critical role in the new order...

Heading the political side of the list is a strong triumvirate of younger ex-governors: Fashola (Lagos) Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) and Fayemi (Ekiti) who all made big contributions to Buhari's APC election victory as directors of Fund-raising Campaigning and Policy and Strategy respectively are at its core...

Other former PDP leaders due to play roles in the new government include former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and former or serving state governors Abubakar Bukola Saraki Rabiu Kwankwaso and Rotimi Amaechi...

After the exit of the APC's Rotimi Amaechi as Rivers State Governor the new government faces fresh agitation and mixed messages from militants in the Delta...

Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi whose defection from the PDP got the APC off to a flying start in 2013 was one of the first governors to insist that all social and economic services provided by the Rivers State government would be available to all residents regardless of their state of origin...