GOV FUBARA SCALES THROUGH APC SCREENING, CLEARED FOR 2027 POLLS

May 10, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been successfully screened by the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the May 21 governorship primary election.

Fubara was cleared by the APC screening committee at the Plateau Governors Lodge, Abuja, on Saturday.

The Rivers State governor was among the 17 serving governors whose credentials were verified and assessed by the committee.

Rivers APC primary election may be a tough contest, as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, had vowed to cripple Fubara’s re-election bid.

Kingsley Chinda, a loyalist of Wike, was earlier screened and cleared to contest against Fubara in the forthcoming election.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.