At the centre of the imbroglio is Nyesom Wike a leading member and erstwhile financier of the party who serves in Tinubu's cabinet as minister of the federal capital territory...

In other cases Tinubu recruits an outgoing governor such as Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to stay in the opposition People's Democratic Party to instigate division and confusion...

Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and all elected officials in the state imposing a state of emergency after a power struggle erupted between them and former governor Nyesome Wike now a federal minister in Abuja (AC Vol 66 No 7 Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State)...

A member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Fintiri broke with its former leader Atiku Abubakar and has forged ties with his rival Nyesom Wike the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory who maintains his PDP membership but is fully aligned with the APC and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...

RIVERS STATE (south-south) Elected on a PDP ticket and questioning federal government actions Governor Siminalayi Fubara was suspended by the High Court in a bitterly disputed decision orchestrated by his predecessor Nyesom Wike...

In the latest twist in the power struggle to control Rivers State the two leading protagonists – Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike – both appear to have lost...

Atiku a member of the main opposition PDP is expected to leave the party soon due to a prolonged crisis partly fuelled by former governor Nyesom Wike...

Tinubu has strategically built his own coalition first by appointing aggrieved PDP chieftain and influential former governor Nyesom Wike to his cabinet (AC Vol 65 No 22 No policy shifts as Tinubu reshuffles)...

Nyesom Wike the ex-governor of Rivers State who is central to Tinubu's re-election strategy was retained as Minister for the Federal Capital Territory...

Onuoha a cousin and former aide to Tinubu's Minister for the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike was deployed to Edo State to oversee the election (AC Vol 65 No 11 Tinubu weighs politics vs competence)...

The Labour Party which fielded Peter Obi in the presidential polls is divided while the PDP is riven by two factions: one being backed by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar – who was the party's presidential candidate in the last election – and another by Nyesom Wike (AC Vol 64 No 23 Tinubu tightens grip opposition regroups)...

A particularly smart move was to bring across the former governor of Rivers State Nyesome Wike a disappointed contender for the presidential nomination of the opposition PDP...