The story of how the Rivers state governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike built his political structure began immediately he was voted in as executive Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State and his subsequent second term in office as Chairman of his LGA where he first all empowered the youths from the LGA with employment such as revenue drive of different types including purchase of Car Stickers around the LGA. Business Operation Permit revenue also was contracted to empower his people. The Motor Parks in the LGA were handed over to his people to generate internal revenue. The Local Government Council is Landlord to several multinational Oil Companies in Nigeria where the internally generated Revenue coming from such IOC he handed over to his people. With the above internal political structure he knows who is who in each Polling Unit and at every political ward in his Local Government Council.
And when he emerged as Deputy National Chairman of Association of Local Government Councils of Nigeria, ALGON, he took over the entire political landscape in Rivers state and most of the 774 LGAs in Nigeria thereby forming positive alliance with other grassroot politicians across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria.
The Rivers state Governor is a smart politician who never relegate responsibilities to others while he looks elsewhere but he takes every responsibility seriously even when in 2006 he aligned with the then Speaker of Rivers state House of Assembly Rt. Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to challenge Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in securing his stolen political mandate as Governorship candidate of PDP in Rivers state with a legal tussle that began in February 2007 and ended on 25th of October, 2007 in favour of Rt. Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi being declared the duly elected Governor of Rivers state in the April 2007 Governorship election. While this struggle was on Nyesom Ezenwo Wike emerged leader of a Political pressure group known as Rivers state Solidarity Movement-RSM. They remained together in the legal battle that ousted the Celestine Omehia led 5-months interim usurper administration in Rivers state.
Thereafter when he became Chief of Staff to governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi he carried too much political power more than the Governor as there was no decision by that administration that took place without his eagle eyes scanning through such government deals. While the Governor was busy attending to administrative matters Nyesom Ezenwo Wike was busy arranging the Business side of the administration until he allegedly ran into trouble over movement of several billions of naira which attracted the Economic and Financial Crime Commission-EFCC. Most of the decisions affecting the award of contracts and several other largesse of political patronage never took place without his nodding of head to his boss until during the second term electioneering campaign for re-election of the then Governor Amaechi of which he was the Director General in 2011, he succeeded in getting a second term mandate for his boss as a result of his political sagacity in having built political structure across the 23 LGAs in Rivers state.
