Two prominent allies of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara have defected from his camp to join the Rainbow Coalition led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
The defectors are Mr Darlington Orji, immediate past Senior Special Assistant to Governor Fubara, and Hon. Collins Onunwo, former Commissioner for Transport.
The Rainbow Coalition is a bipartisan political alliance spearheaded by Wike, primarily aimed at supporting President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
The development comes after Governor Fubara withdrew from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship race ahead of the party’s primary election.
His decision paved the way for Kingsley Chinda, a House of Representatives member, to emerge as the APC governorship candidate.
The move is said to have unsettled some of the governor’s loyalists, who claimed they had been fighting for him throughout the protracted political crisis in the state.
In a Facebook post accompanied by photos with other coalition members, Darlington Orji announced that he had “returned home to my family.”
The defections highlight the ongoing realignments and shifting loyalties within Rivers State politics as major stakeholders position themselves ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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