As a man, no matter how powerful and connected you are, “NEVER PLAY GOD”.
On April 23, 2026, when Tinubu sat with Progressive Governors Forum and ceded his primary executive authority to governors for the tickets, Uzodimma was sitting in that room as PGF chairman. The most powerful collective bloc in APC aligned behind Fubara’s direction.
Now, President Tinubu went further by directing that Uzodimma’s screening committee accept only Fubara-endorsed candidates. The President has further converted the PGF to Governor Fubaras political shield and institutional gatekeeper.
If Fubara’s name and signature is not behind any form, it will not pass screening exercise. Those Assembly members who fought Fubara are now in the red corner. These guys are now seriously begging for APC tickets.
The 27 Assembly members who defected to APC in December 2025, promising themselves automatic tickets, have been teneciously waiting for the green light but to no avail.
These are men who served Governor Fubara three impeachment notices, who signed documents aimed at removing him from Government House, who defected to APC expecting Wike’s connections to deliver their tickets inside a party whose leader is the man they tried to remove. All their behaviour points to one direction - NO TICKET.
To get through Uzodimma’s screening committee, they must be on Gov Fubara’s list. And to be on Gov Fubara’s list, they must go to Government House, Port Harcourt — to the man they served impeachment notices to beg and ask for his political blessing which might not come easily or will never come. Shege Jaguar 😆 🤣 😂
This also has a negative effect to Wike’s anointing/declaration. He said, “Without his anointing, you are contesting in vain.” But the screening committee will not be asking for Wike’s anointing.
This time, the committee will be asking for Fubara’s endorsement. If your name is not on Fubara’s list, the committee chaired by the man Wike cannot neutralize will not pass you through. The committee whose screening mandate has been directed by the President himself.
The screening committee now has a directive: Fubara’s list is the LIST — anything else will not pass. This means Wike’s governorship candidate Chinda, who is edging toward a PDP platform precisely because the APC door is being systematically closed, cannot get an APC governorship ticket without Fubara’s endorsement. His Senate candidates cannot get through without Fubara’s endorsement. His assembly candidates cannot get through without Fubara’s endorsement.
The man, Wike dismissed as needing his anointing to contest is now, the man whose endorsement determines whether anyone contests at all on the APC platform in Rivers State. Fear this life o. This is because nobody can play
Every political calculation in Rivers State leading into 2027, shows Uzodimma Uzodimma as a barrier to the invasion of corrosive politics.
The man who blocked Wike’s influence at the Governors’ forum is now the man who controls who gets what through the APC screening in Rivers State. That is not just political backing — it's the formalization of structural power shift through a presidential directive executed by one man Wike cannot reach, buy or talk down on.
Case closed.