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The Godfathers’ Club: How Ambode’s Fall Foretold Fubara’s Fate by Lawson Akhigbe
Former Lagos Governor Ambode Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara In Nigerian politics, there are elections, there are constitutions, and then there are godfathers. The first two exist largely for television and newspaper headlines. The third is where the real power often lives.When Akinwunmi Ambode was politically executed by Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos, many treated …
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The Sacrifice That Wasn’t: Fubara, Wike, and the Fourth Republic’s Death Spiral by Lawson Akhigbe
Fubara and Wike When a sitting governor is politically expelled from his own reelection contest by a former governor who belongs to a different party, we are no longer describing a democracy. We are describing its funeral. On the night of Wednesday, 20 May 2026, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State issued a statement that …
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