Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has backed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and backed Hon. Kingsley Ogundu Chinda, the All progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Rivers State in the 2027 general election, signalling an end to hostilities with his estranged godfather, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Riven Medical Industries Project in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Fubara said he was now a full member of the Wike-led Rainbow Coalition, and described the political reconciliation as a return to the ruling party’s fold in the state.
As a dedicated member of the APC, I have also become a member of the Rainbow Coalition, the political group put together by my predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike to promote the interests of the ruling party in Rivers State,” he said.
The governor called on his supporters across the state to back the coalition’s candidates, saying that the age of political contestation between his camp and that of Wike was finished.
We created peace in the state and I am backing our Rainbow Coalition. “We are behind our President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The governorship candidate I am supporting is Chinda and anybody that believes in me will support him and every other candidate that is under the Rainbow Coalition,” he said.
He warned his political base not to misconstrue his position and also warned against any lingering factionalism among his adherents.
“I want it to be understood by everybody. So don’t go anywhere saying you’re supporting Fubara…. No. No. No. Here is my position. I have said it here and loud for all to hear. If you can’t hear we’ll stick some cotton wool in your ears and let it go in well. “I’m not a part of anything that’s going to bring any disunity in this state,” he stated.
Fubara said the medical project was a good development for the state, but warned against a recurrence of the past issues where investors were given the operating rights but failed to meet the stipulated parameters leading to litigation. His administration supported the project based on the new investors’ capacity to bring it back to life, create jobs and boost economic growth, he said.
The project is expected to generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs, facilitate technology transfer, attract local and foreign investment and place Rivers State as a hub for pharmaceutical manufacturing and healthcare investments in Nigeria and West Africa, according to a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onwuka Nzeshi. The statement further said the ceremony was the starting point for a transformational drive for sustained industrial growth, economic diversification and better health care outcomes for the state.
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