Nigeria: Amaechi/Orubebe - Two Fighting in Niger Delta

24 January 2013

Two of the leading political figures in the Niger Delta are engaged in a battle of wits that only shadows what could come in the immediate future.

They are among the most visible public officials from the South-South geopolitical zone. They are also two men with control over the biggest budgets directed towards the region. One is Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and the other is Chief Godsday Orubebe, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs with oversight over the whole of the Niger Delta region.

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