“There is no empathy, no compassion…and so we are not on the same page as long as I’m concerned.”

Other aspirants said Ighodalo did not meet the guidelines to run for governor as he only joined PDP in June 2023.

“I will do a single term in office if I win the election. I don’t need more than four years do develop the state.”

He also condemned vote buying during elections, saying there is “integrity in poverty.”

The panel will be headed by Plateau governor Mutfwang.

“And he prayed for me… The conversation happened immediately after he came back from Germany.”

“If you defect to APC today, you are our subordinate and follower. It is important for you to note this…”

The vice president said the president is working towards optimising Kogi’s vast potentials.

In his acceptance speech, Ododo said the time has come to entrench power rotation in the state.

He urged President Tinubu to sanction Wike and call him to order so Fubara can run Rivers peacefully.

He promised a level playing field for new members.

Civil servants and other Rivers people declared celebration parties over the Fubara’s victory.

He said that if Obaseki had done well and brought a “well-known” candidate, it would have been difficult to challenge him.

Both the Tribunal and Appeal Court had earlier dismissed Tonye Cole’s case for lacking merit.

”(His)boast to take over Akwa Ibom State in 2027 exposes his level of arrogance and disdain for the democratic right of Akwa Ibom people.”

Diri will be sworn-in for another term on February 14.

The nomination comes few hours after Aiyedatiwa, dissolved the State Executive Council, with immediate effect.

He claimed that the judgement from the Supreme Court in Mutfwang’s case had also annulled the Appeal Court’s sack of the lawmakers.

“I think it’s the hand of destiny, I think it’s a calling, we can move Nigeria from the third world to the first world,” he said.

This comes 15 days after the governor assured the people of the state that he’s not in a hurry to rejig the State Executive Council.