Relief for Fubara as Labour Party withdraws petition against his election

Fubara is currently locked in a supremacy battle with his political benefactor and predecessor, Wike, over who controls the state’s political machinery.

Long before his struggle with the Minister commenced, the Governor had been dealing with a post-election litigation that cast a shadow of doubt over his mandate at the poll.

The Labour Party and its Rivers governorship candidate, Beatrice Itubo, had challenged the victory of Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, in the March 18 election at the Appeal Court.