Former Minister of Transportation and ex-Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi may have lost grip of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Siminialayi Fubara, who is the anointed candidate of Governor Nyesom Wike.
The APC youth group, at a press conference held at the NUJ Press Center in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, effectively dumped the APC candidate, Tonye Cole, despite pleas by Amaechi for the people of the state to rally behind him in the March 18 gubernatorial election.
A press release signed by a leader of the APC youth group, Ikenda Clinton Elechi, who is also an Assistant Director of Media of the Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation (TCCO), stated that the youths in the party had decided to support Fubara ahead of the election.
