50 Politicians Who Will Decide Who Wins 2019 Governorship Election In Rivers State-Unveiled

Todays news will talk about 50 Politicians Who Will Decide Who Wins 2019 Governorship Election In Rivers State-Unveiled. The race to occupy Brick House Rivers state seat of Political power in 2019 has just began with various political gladiators repositioning themselves to take advantage of the coming political electioneering campaign  in 2018 for soliciting for electoral votes from the eligible voting public to cast votes for the proffered choice of would be Governorship candidates. Majority of these politicians belong to the same political party but in various political pressure groups canvassing for political support for their leader who they all look up-to that will emerge as governorship flag bearer cum standard bearer of their party.

As at today there are only two popular political parties making waves in Rivers state which include Peoples Democratic Party-PDP and All Progressive Congress-APC and whereas PDP formed government at the state level with Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike been voted as popularly elected Governor of Rivers state while APC controls the Federal government with the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as elected President of Federal Republic of Nigeria. The above scenario has made Rivers State a battle ground for politicians to show their strength and sense of character  on who wins the February 2019 Governorship election in Rivers state.

Towncrier.ng here X-rays those who will determine who wins 2019 Governorship election in Rivers state. The list cuts across political divides with former political office holders constituting majority of the stakeholders in the popular political parties in Rivers state.

Political activist, and University of Jos Plateau state trained English Language Special Creative Writing  ex Lecturer  Allwell Henacho Onyesoh is a man to watch on the platform of All Progressive Congress-APC  in Rivers state as he has strong pedigree in supporting a winning Governorship candidate having done the same thing in 1998/1999 when he joined forces with University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN Enugu Campus trained Medical Doctor Peter Odili against the popular chief Sergent Chidi Awuse all of Peoples Democratic Party-PDP. And Dr. Peter Odili finally won the Governorship election in 1999. Allwell Onyesoh immediately turned around successfully RESTORATION FAMILY a political pressure group of Dr. Peter Odili that later metamorphosed into PDP, he was appointed Commissioner For education 1999-2003 and Commissioner for Sports from2003 to 2007. When in 2007 he put his neck for Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi’s Governorship candidature as against the popular PDP substitution of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi with his first cousin Barrister Celestine Omehia at the end of the legal challenge it was Amaechi’s Supreme Court Victory that instantly made Allwell Onyesoh a political juggernaut and he earned an appointment as Chairman of Senior Secondary Schools Management Board to which he performed creditably by making Amaechi’s Administration School revolution a legacy project in Rivers state history. Today, Chief Allwell Henacho Onyesoh is behind the Governorship aspiration of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe and he had joined hands with other political pressure group of Senator Magnus Abe to campaign vigorously for his emergence as All Progressive Congress- APC in Rivers state Governorship Candidate come 2018 and eventual probable 2019 Governorship election winner.

He is young dynamic and academic inclined PhD graduate of Law University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN Enugu Campus . This ebullient political visionary in such a little time has emerged from the grass root to win election as chairman of Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State and in 2007 he was among those PDP supporters who stood for Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and he was rewarded with with appointment as Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs. In 2012 he was appointed as Minister For Sports during President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. In 2015 he stood behind Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and his political Party-PDP candidate won as Governor of Rivers state. And currently he has remained silent over 2019 but will soon determine where his support will go although his friend and erstwhile Minister of State for Education and now Governor of Rivers state Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has not announced his second term bid for re-election as Governor of Rivers state Dr. Tammy Danagogo will eventually support Wike’s second term ambition.

This is Senator Magnus Ngei Abe the man whose ambition to be elected Governor of Rivers state come 2019 has divided All Progressive Congress-APC in Rivers state as against the popular view of  ex Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi the leader of the political party in the state. Barrister Magnus Abe has strong political history from his late father who made Rivers state House of Assembly a strong lawmaking body in his days as elected lawmaker and today his son Magnus Ngei Abe has taken over from where he left and is doing very well as a probable Governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress APC in Rivers State. In 1999 he was elected into Rivers state House of Assembly under All Peoples Party-APP and in 2003 he was appointed Commissioner For Information under Governor Peter Odili. In 2007 he was appointed Secretary-To-Rivers State Government-SSG while in 2011 he was elected as senator representing Rivers South-East Zone and in December 10, 2016 Electoral Rerun he won election back to the Senate. The current wave of supporters pushing for His emergence as probable APC Governorship candidate is overwhelmingly massive and spreads across the 23 Local Government of Rivers state.

This United Kingdom trained Law graduate  Kenneth Kobani popularly called KK among his supporters is the current Secretary-To-Rivers State Government-SSG and he has once been appointed Commissioner twice during ex Governor Dr. Peter Odili’s administration. He hails from Gokana where Senator Magnus Ngei Abe comes from so, there is fierce battle to control the electoral votes of Gokana people come 2019 so the reasons why Kenneth Kobani is vital to who wins Rivers state Governorship election in 2019.

SEKONTE DAVIES

Light complexioned erudite ex lawmaker Dr. Sekonte Davies for 8 years represented Bonny-Degema Federal Constituency at Federal House of Representatives Abuja. He is currently Director of Marine Operations at Nigerian Ports Authority –NPA. He is associated with a political pressure group –I SEE YOU IN APC with its national president Chizi Nyeomasila working with him to actualize his emergence as Governorship candidate come 2018.

ENGR. NDUBUISI NWANKWO

The Omuma town Rivers state born trained Mechanical Engineer and Financial expert Ndubuisi Nwankwo is a popular politician in Rivers state having been appointed first as Commissioner for Energy and Natural Resources again appointed Commissioner For Environment during ex Governor Dr. Peter Odili’s administration. He is a close ally of Dr. Dakuku Peterside the 2015 APC Governorship candidate and now Director-General of NIMASA. Ndubuisi Nwankwo wants dakuku Peterside re-elected as APC Governorship candidate come 2018 for him to participate in 2019 Governorship election.

In the politics of Ogoniland Fred Kpakol comes from a popular family that has produced a United States of America-USA Economist Dr Sylvester Kpakol a former Director General of National Directorate of Employment-NDEduring President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. Fred Kpakol himself recently acquired Ph.D and is the second time Commissioner for Finance in this present political dispensation. Comes 2019 he had said it that Ogonis are not ready now for having the governorship slot.

In Kalabariland Ojukaiye Flag Amachree is a well known political goal-getter and belongs to All Progressive Congress-APC having been elected Chairman of Asari Toru Local Government area and returned to the same office during ex governor Amaechi’s tenure. He is being positioned as Deputy Governor APC probable candidate for 2019 by one of the political pressure group in APC.

In Tai Local Government Area Joe Poroma ex Commissioner during former Governor Amaechi’s administration is now re-organizing All Progressive Congress-APC in Tai Local Government area as a Leader picked by Amaechi to position APC for the 2019 governorship race which they are aspiring to recover.

In Niger Delta politics former governor of Rivers state holds an ace and control having performed creditably in delivering President Muhammadu Buhari as Director General for APC Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Campaign Organization. He delivered for APC in Rivers state two senatorial seats and all APC state and Federal House of Representatives seats. In 2019 Amaechi wants to spring a surprise by picking a fresh face to emerge as APC Governorship candidate for 2019.

He is South-South Zonal National Publicity Secretary of APC. This former Commissioner for Works during Amaechi’s 2^nd term in office as Governor and Director-General for DAP 2015 Governorship race is from Gokana Local Government Area in Ogoniland. He remains in Amaechi’s camp and very loyal. He is in the oppiste camp with former Deputy Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly Dumnemene Dekor who is now Commissioner for Works in Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration.

Those in the know of Etche/Omuma political structure believe that this former Commissioner for Information and Communications and later Commissioner for Trade and Commerce was later voted into Federal House of representatives where he represented Etche/Omuma federal Constituency. Today he belongs to Amaechi’s camp in APC and has returned to publishing his PORT HARCOURT TELEGRAPH Newspaper. He remains a checked to the rise of Allwell Onyesoh in Etche/Omuma political base.

This former Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area and former national Publicity Secretary for APC is now appointed Ambassador of Nigeria in Netherland. He remains a strong Amaechi follower and will make bold statement in 2019 political dispensation.

Those who know this Ikwerre born politician fear his style of politics as he remains elusive and appears when he is least expected to strike politically as a traditional tittle holder of IKWERRE 1 of Ikwerre land, Prince nnamdi Wokekoro has had a strong political pedigree as an elected Chairman of Port Harcourt Local Government Municipality as mayor at a very youthful age and was subsequently appointed Political adviser to ex Governor Peter Odili. He was appointed as Chairman of Rivers state Environmental Sanitation Authority and Special Adviser to Governor Amaechi on Waste management. Today, he stands with Amaechi’s camp.

Today this Andonni Local Government Area born politician is the Speaker Rivers state House of Assembly and belongs to Uche Secondus a strong man of PDP in Nigeria. He is a very soft spoken gentleman whose care for the less privilege in his constituency has made him get re-elected for the third term into the Rivers state House of Assembly as he remains a strong supporter of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.

In Ogoni political landscape this gentleman is being looked upon as one of those bringing development into Ogoniland as he is the current Director for Administration and Finance at Niger Delta Development Commission-NDDC. As APC strongman Mene Derick is a force to reckon with in 2019 when he still pays allegiance to the Minister for transportation as his political leader in Rivers state.

In Peoples Democratic Party –PDP in Rivers state, this ex Commissioner from Ecology and strongman in PDP as he was in Alhaji Ali Modi Sherif’s camp of PDP is a force in Rivers state politics. He has the voice of the Riverine communities having come from Buguma in Asari Toru Local Government area. Come 2019 Alabo Paworiso Samuel-Horsfall will be very essential in determining who becomes Governor in the state.

LEYII KWANEE

This lawyer and former Deputy speaker of Rivers state House of Assembly is from ogoni and has all of Khana people in his political control and influence. He remains relevant in 2019 as regards who emerge governor of rivers state. He is much attached Minister For Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi ‘s political machine in Rivers state.

He looks every inch youthful and vibrant as President of ISEE YOU IN APC political pressure group in Rivers state. Few months back he launched and took over 40, 000 former PDP members belonging to his I SEE YOU Group to join APC in Rivers state while promising to increase that to 380, 000 persons that he will bring into Rivers state chapter of APC in all the 23 Local Government Areas and 319 electoral wards in Rivers state. Chizi Nyeomasila in 2014 prior to 2015 governorship election mobilized voters for PDP and was successful in getting what he wanted. In 2019 he will be politically relevant as he is currently working with Amaechi’s camp in advance for the governorship race in 2019.

This former senator represented Rivers West and is currently working to realize the emergence of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe as the duly elected Governor of Rivers state come February 2019.He hails from Erima town in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government area.

He was former Chief of staff to former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and now a die-hard supporter of Senator Magnus Abe’s emergence in 2019 as governor of Rivers state. Tony Okocha lost election into Obio/Akpor Federal House of Representatives in the 2015 election.

This Law graduate is the Deputy Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly as he hails from Abua/odual local government Area of rivers state. He was a former Commissioner For Housing during Governor Amaechi’s administration. In 2019 he will rally support forNyesom Wike as his very pretty wife hails from Ikwerre ethnic group.

He is Paramount ruler of GO-ROUND COMMUNITY and state Chapter Chairman of PDP in Rivers state. Currently Brother Felix Obuah is the Sole Administrator of Waste Management Agency. He owns GO-ROUND Football Club and remains a great political Mobiliser in Rivers state.

This astute businessman owns erstwhile Royal Paragon Hotel now MARRIOT Hotel in Rumuepirikom Iwofe Road Port Harcourt and currently elected into Federal House of representatives Abuja representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency. He is a strong PDP ally of Governor Wike. And he funds politicians in the state for elections.

She is from Abua/Odual where her husband hails from and this Opobo born lady is a strong politician who has more than twice been elected into Federal House of Representatives for Obua/Odual-Ahoada east Federal Constituency. Mrs Betty Apiafi owns Brookstone secondary school an upwardly mobile private secondary school in Port Harcourt.

In the politics of Ogba/Egema/Ndoni local government area Austin Ahiamadu is great when it comes to winning election as he was voted in more than twice as Chairman of ONELGA and now in APC where he is working very hard to reposition the party for 2019. While Amaechi was in office as governor Austin Ahiamadu was voted Chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA and benefited with the several Care-Taker Committee chairmen that were appointed he remained in office and became conversant with rural politics  which makes him a very important person in 2019 governorship race in Rivers state.

In Rivers state Dr. Davies Ikanya Ibiamu is the Chairman of All Progressive Congress-APC and before now his Andonni Local Government Area has produced Deputy Governor Engr. Tele Ikuru, PDP Rivers state former state Chairman Uche Secondus and Speaker Rivers state House of Assembly Ikiunyi Owaji-Ibani. So, APC decision for who emerges as Governorship candidate depends on what happens in the home-front of the party chairman Dr.Davies Ikianya Ibiamu.

Coming from Harry Town in Degema Local Government area is this former personal Assistant to late Dr. Marshall Harry who later earned Ph.D degree and was appointed Commissioner during ex Governor Amaechi’s administration. He was appointed as Chairman of Rivers state Environmental sanitation Authority and Special Adviser to the Governor on Waste Management. Dr. Ipalibo Harry is a staunch member of All Progressive Congress APC in Rivers state and is among those to decide who picks the APC governorship ticket come late 2018 for the election proper in 2019.

Give it to this woman of substance former Commissioner For Justice and Attorney- General during Dr. Peter Odili’s administration and she was appointed to Manage Greater Port Harcourt Development Authority during ex governor Amaechi’s regime. She is a staunch member APC in Rivers state and would rally a lot of support from women around the Leader of the party Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi whose contribution to who becomes Governorship candidate is final in a democratic manner.

In Kalabariland David Theophilus –Briggs is a strong voice in deciding who picks the Governorship ticket of which it will remain at the same center if Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike. He was Commissioner for Works during Dr. Peter Odili’s first term in office. Today, he is Chairman of Senior Secondary School Management Board.

In Tai Local Government Area Chief Monday Ngbor is well known when it comes to grass root politics and every important politician in Rivers state who wants to succeed in politics contacts Chief Monday Ngbor. For the election in 2019 Tai Local Government Area in Ogoni is a battle ground for all parties.

The Prince from Tai Local Government Area have been elected into Rivers state House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007 and earned Ph.D before he left the Rivers state House of Assembly. He was appointed Commissioner For Chieftaincy and Community Affairs and was removed in a cabinet reshuffling by Governor Wike.

In Native Port Harcourt City Chief Azubuike Nmerukini remains a strong politician having been elected into Rivers state House of Assembly representing Port Harcourt Constituency-3  and later elected as Mayor of Port Harcourt. He remains a PDP strongman in Rivers state politics.

This is one of the Elders of PDP in Rivers state as he runs Immarches Nigeria Ltd a property cum construction firm which he is the chief executive Officer-CEO his son Honourable Charles Anyanwu was elected into Rivers state House of Assembly representing Etche state constituency on the popularity of his father but two of them are now in opposing political parties whereas Chief Emma Anyanwu belongs to PDP his son Charles belongs to APC.