Dakuku Peterside Emerges Rivers APC Consensus Governorship Candidate

All Progressive congress, APC, in Rivers State yesterday, chose the member representing Andoni Nkoro federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Dakuku Peterside as it’s consensus guber candidate.

Senator Magnus Abe is among top members of the party rumoured to clinch the party’s ticket for the governorship election but it seems Mr Peterside emerged at the end of a marathon meeting of party’s stakeholders in Government House, Port Harcourt.

Dakuku was a former Commissioner of Works during the first tenure of Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Peterside is the Chairman House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream).

Governor Amaechi at the end of a close door caucus meeting of the party in Government House, Port Harcourt, lifted the hand of Dakuku as the candidate of the party.

The decision was reached at a close door caucus meeting of party members.