Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State will never get a second chance to govern the state in 2027.

Mr Wike spoke during his "thank you visit" to the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) Local Government Area of the state on Friday, which was broadcast on TVC, a Lagos-based station.

Mr Fubara, elected governor of Rivers in 2023 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress in December of last year.

Sworn in on 29 May 2023, the governor's first tenure will elapse by 29 May 2027. There are indications that he will seek reelection, although he has yet to declare his interest.

But spe...