{"id":144640,"date":"2025-01-02T23:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T22:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara"},"modified":"2025-01-03T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T23:26:14","slug":"wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara","title":{"rendered":"Wike: 2024 not an easy year, Peter Odili face of Rivers politics \u2013 Fubara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Following his face-off with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has said 2024 was not an easy year but it ended great.<\/p>\n<p>Fubara disclosed this while speaking at the 2025 New Year State Banquet in Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday night, a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi said<\/p>\n<p>He also described former governor of the state, Peter Odili as the beginning and end of politics in the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fubara, Odili is the right face and image of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe beginning and the end of politics in this State is Sir Peter Odili. And if he is sitting with us here, and with these other persons, who do they have with them?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Odili is the right face and right image of our state. These are the frontiers of Rivers State politics. Men and women that have distinguished themselves are sitting with us here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who have contributed in several ways to make Rivers State what it is, not rented people they bring for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2024 was not an easy year, but it was great for us in the end. About this time last year, we were not in a very pleasant mood, for fear of what might happen, because of the boasting of those who believe they control life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The face-off between Wike and Fubara had led to Odili taking sides with the Rivers State governor.<\/p>\n<p>Wike and Fubara have been at each other\u2019s neck over who controls the political structure in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Despite President Bola Tinubu\u2019s intervention, the duo have continued the cold war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Following his face-off with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has said 2024 was not an easy year but it ended great. Fubara disclosed this while speaking at the 2025 New Year State Banquet in Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday night, a statement by his Chief Press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":144639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[10074,254,5624,454],"class_list":["post-144640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-fubara","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-odili","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wike: 2024 not an easy year, Peter Odili face of Rivers politics \u2013 Fubara - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following his face-off with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has said 2024 was not an e ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wike: 2024 not an easy year, Peter Odili face of Rivers politics \u2013 Fubara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following his face-off with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has said 2024 was not an e ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-02T22:24:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-02T23:26:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1735847758.156162.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"514\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wike: 2024 not an easy year, Peter Odili face of Rivers politics \u2013 Fubara\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-02T22:24:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-02T23:26:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1735847758.156162.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fubara\",\"Nigeria\",\"peter odili\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-2024-not-an-easy-year-peter-odili-face-of-rivers-politics-fubara\",\"name\":\"Wike: 2024 not an easy year, Peter Odili face of Rivers politics \u2013 Fubara - 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