Lokpobiri, who hails from Bayelsa State, served as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural development under the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari between 2015 and 2019.
Speaking at an event organised in honour of Wike by the Ijaw Peoples Congress in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital on September 28, 2024, the Petrol Minister disclosed how his FCT colleague has impacted his political journey.
He revealed that the move to become a minister in Tinubu’s administration started at Wike’s Port House and concluded in his residence in Abuja.
