News As Rivers State Heats Up as Wike's Aide Dumps PDP For APC

Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State

Latest news reaching us has it that the former special adviser to Rivers state governor on media and publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has jumped ship from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

 

The ex-aide to Governor Nyesonm Wike, who resigned his appointment after Rivers state governorship election petition tribunal nullified the governor’s electoral victory in October 2015, has declared his support for gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Leadership reports.

 

Inko-Tariah, while making his declaration to APC known,  told reporters in Port Harcourt on Thursday, January 7, that the immediate past governor of the state and now Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi came to his aid when he took ill.

 

Wike’s former aide added that although he had criticized Ameachi in the past, Amaechi took pity of him and contributes to his hospital bill.

 

He stressed further that in order to reciprocate the former governor’s gesture he would do his best to ensure that Peterside emerged as the governor of the state should there be a rerun.

 

Inko-Tariah said: “It was surprising that a man I censored, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, CON, the Hon. Minister of Transportation, was the same person who showed unsolicited love and care.

 

“It was reinvigorating when he called to sympathise and also gave his widow’s mite.”

 

Meanwhile, Governor Seriake Dickson had called on gubernatorial candidate of the APC, Timipre Sylva to“accept defeat or be ready to be humiliated by the people as no militant can deliver him and the APC”.