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Fubara reportedly asks supporters to stop calling him their leader and to look to Wike instead

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Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has reportedly asked his supporters to stop describing him as their leader and to regard FCT Minister Nyesom Wike as their common leader. The remark is said to have drawn mixed reactions in the state's political circles.

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