Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was not prepared for the Federal and State Houses of Assembly re-run elections in the state.

Though their names are not on the ballot papers but the election is largely a battle between Governor Nyesom Wike and his predecessor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi who is now Minister of Transportation. They are the two personalities who will largely influence the direction of things at the state level.

It will be a show of political might and test of their strength. Amaechi who came into the state weekend said he was on ground to mobilise his All Progressive Congress, APC members for the election.

Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, weekend, traded words, accusing each other of corruption and mismanaging the resources of the state.

The race for political supremacy in Rivers State enters its final stretch this week as the two major political parties, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC, get set for this weekend’s elections for 36 National Assembly and state constituencies.

Thousands of youths from Rivers South-East senatorial district, yesterday, took to the streets of Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, in protest over the recent alleged hate speeches of Governor Nyesom Wike against their prominent sons and leaders.

CHAIRMAN of Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Davies Ikanya, has urged Rivers people, and Nigerians to ignore the numerous campaigns by Governor Nyesom Wike under the guise of thanksgiving service to mark his victory at the Supreme Court. He said they should ask the governor to provide explanations to his confessions of how he got his victory at the Supreme Court.

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that only those in support of political armed robbery will kick against his declaration that any plan to rig election in the state will be resisted.

Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to allegations levelled against him by his successor, Governor, Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State, that he (Amaechi) spent $150m to fund the campaign of All Progressives Congress’ elections while in office.

For the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the year 2015 was a dark and bitter one that would not be forgotten given the electoral reverses it suffered and the topsy-turvy paths it threaded.

RIVERS State Government has urged the people of the state to put politics aside and support Governor Nyesom Wike to move the state forward.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, signed the N307 billion 2016 budget passed by the state House of Assembly.

The nullification of the election of all three senators, 12 members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State and last Wednesday, the governorship election that threw Barrister Nyesom Wike as the helmsman in Rivers State may have put the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in jeopardy. Despite the tension ahead of the judgment all was calm last Wednesday after the Court of Appeal nullified the election of Governor Wike as all sides now seemed determined not to go physical as before.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned that the state would resist any move by the Federal Government to manipulate the coming National Assembly re-run election in the state with soldiers and policemen.

Nullification of the election of three senators in Rivers State and 12 members of the House of Representatives who were all elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Appeal court is dominating discussions in virtually all parts of the state.