Nigeria, Jan. 9 -- The political feud between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, now FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, did not stem from ideological or governance disagreements. It arose from a broken succession pact.

Mr Wike engineered Mr Fubara's emergence, apparently to have a successor he can control, but power, once transferred, proved unwilling to remain remotely controlled.

What followed was not a routine post-election disagreement but a systemic rupture. Disputes over appointments, control of political structures, and access to state resources escalated rapidly. Governance stalled. Institutions buckled. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers fractured into rival camps, and the state became a theatre of c...