Nigeria, April 11 -- Former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili, has declared the incumbent, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, as the political leader of the oil-rich state, a move that may further worsen his frosty relationship with Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of the state.

Mr Odili, a medical practitioner, served as governor of the state from 1999 to 2007 and was succeeded by Rotimi Amaechi, who governed the state through 2015.

Mr Wike, now FCT minister, succeeded Mr Amaechi as governor in 2015 and governed through 2023, before handing over to Mr Fubara on May 29.

Speaking on Thursday while commissioning a Primary Healthcare Centre he donated to his country home - Ndoni in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of the state, M...