2027: Patronage, federal might, oil politics reshaping South-South

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa; Isaac Job, Uyo; Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar; Tony Osazuo, Benin; Tony John, Port Harcourt

As of May 29, 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was sworn in, only Bassey Otu, governor of Cross River State, was a member of the President’s party out of the six governors in the South-South region. The zone had for years remained a…