Nigeria, March 10 -- Politics mightily bemuses with just how easy it is for relationships to go down the drain.For many politicians, the sage political advice that there are no permanent enemies or friends in politics is a coda.

In 2023, Rivers State experienced a change of political guard. It was as smooth as butter though, because without hassles,Nyesom Wike who had been governor for two terms of eight years handed the baton to Similayi Fubara whom he had worked closely with. Whether the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state had done enough work to convince the good people of Rivers State to grant one of their own another term of four years had never been clear. But greater magic has happened at Nigeria's increasingly beleaguere...