{"id":80927,"date":"2025-12-29T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80927"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:00:42","slug":"ikwerre-will-always-matter-in-nigerian-politics-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/29\/ikwerre-will-always-matter-in-nigerian-politics-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikwerre Will Always Matter in Nigerian Politics -Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said the Ikwerre people will continue to play a significant role in Nigeria\u2019s political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made the remark while addressing stakeholders from the Ikwerre ethnic nationality, noting that their historical contributions to Rivers State and national politics have secured their enduring relevance.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Ikwerre have produced key political leaders and have remained central to decision-making in Rivers State, urging them to stay united, politically active and focused on protecting their collective interests.<\/p>\n<p>Wike warned that internal divisions could weaken their influence and encouraged young Ikwerre politicians to participate actively in politics and prepare for leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed his commitment to supporting initiatives that promote political inclusion and development of Ikwerre communities within Rivers State and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said the Ikwerre people will continue to play a significant role in Nigeria\u2019s political landscape. Wike made the remark while addressing stakeholders from the Ikwerre ethnic nationality, noting that their historical contributions to Rivers State and national politics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":80924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80928,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80927\/revisions\/80928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}