Nigeria, March 11 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State have disagreed on the motives for power struggle among politicians in Nigeria.

Governor Fubara has been involved in a power tussle with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, resulting in a crisis that split the state assembly into two factions - one loyal to Mr Wike, who is now the minister of FCT and the other loyal to Mr Fubara.

In his remark on Saturday at the funeral service of Herbert Wigwe, the late group chief executive officer of Access Holdings, Mr Fubara queried the motives behind political struggles and rivalries, which according to him, sometimes result in death.

Mr Fubara was addressing the congregants which included serving and f...