The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, including eleven House of Representatives aspirants, have secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to contest the forthcoming election.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that 6 out of the 11, who are loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, are running for a second term, while Amaewhule and 4 others are running for the first time.
Below is the list of Federal Constituencies and APC candidates.
Abua-Odual/Ahoada East – Solomon Bob
Ahoada West/Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni – Victor Obuzor
Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru – Isobo Jack
Andoni/Opobo-Nkoro – Frederick Apiafi
Degema/Bonny – Cyril Hart
Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo – Felix Nwaeke
Khana/Gokana – Dum Deekor
Obio/Akpor – Martins Amaewhule
Okrika/Ogu-Bolo – Linda Stewart
Port Harcourt II- Chigeru Amadi
Port Harcourt I – Igwe Precious
Meanwhile, Wike recently reacted to comments surrounding his recent visit to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, saying he does not believe in treating political opponents like enemies.
Wike spoke while inspecting ongoing road projects in Karu, Apo-Karshi and Kubwa in Abuja.
During the inspection, he explained that his meeting with the APC chairman was a personal visit and not a political gathering as some people had suggested.
The minister said there was no reason for him to publicly explain every private interaction or friendship he has with people, especially when such relationships existed before current political positions.
According to him, politics should not stop people from maintaining cordial relationships. He questioned the idea that members of different political parties must avoid each other because of political differences.