As two eggheads of Rivers State politics and archetypal progressives, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside and Barr Asita O. Asita, mark the auspicious occasions of their birth, December 31st, Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described the divine coincidence of both men sharing same date of birth as an act of God. In a statement made available to media houses, Chief Eze, a respected voice from the Niger Delta region, said the birth of the two great sons of Rivers State on the same day is a divine arrangement orchestrated to create a ‘Power Twin Brothers’ who would have, in 2015, turned the fortunes of Rivers State and positioned her as the number one State in Nigeria, but for the collaboration of serial wrongdoers and evil forces to deprive Rivers people the dividends due them in a democracy. In his account, the party chief said as a fellow sent to study and fashion a way out on the future of Rivers State, he has taken time to study the birth, growth and political craftsmanship of the two great minds and came to the conclusion that notwithstanding the sorry state of Rivers, with great achievers in the moulds of Dr. Peterside and Barr Asita and others, the prospects of Rivers State are very bright regardless of the scheme to continually and forcefully keep her in the dark. He said one very unique thing about the duo whom he called ‘political twins’ is that aside sharing similar birth experience coming from two great respected families, they have very sound mastery of the political terrain in Rivers State. While Chief Rt. Hon. Asita Honourable is the senior, born on 31st December 1966 to late Chief Okorie Asita (JP) of the Ugusha Royal Family of Okarki-Engenni, in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside was born on 31st December, 1970 to one of the most respected families from Opobo/Nkoro LGA. But to Dakuku and Asita, age is inconsequential in their relationship, dealings, and respect to each other, but working in symbiosis, the desire to produce results and make meaningful impacts matters the most. Describing Asita as an exceptional gentleman who was born with royal blood and named Honourable from birth, Eze said the Orashi born Lawyer cum politician is stocked with a comparatively sound frame of mind and perception and is abundantly endowed with a good sense of quality leadership coupled with an innate capacity to deliver on any given assignment with results. Asita Honourable is a proud alumnus of the Rivers State University of Science & Technology (now Rivers State University) where he studied and obtained a Law degree from 1988 — 1992. He thereafter proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, (Lagos Campus), where he graduated in flying colours in 1993 whereupon he was called to the Nigerian Bar and qualified to practice as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In 1994, Asita, participated in the compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Adamawa State, where he served meritoriously.
