[2] Prominent public figures including the late Nigerian senator Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe and former governor and Committee Chair on State Creation Peter Odili are products of Rivers PDP.
Marshal Harry, a Kalabari High Chief was the first member in its fold to be appointed to the Chairperson rank.
[4] During November 2013, the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party saw the defection of its member Chibuike Amaechi to the opposition APC.
From 1999, the first chairman of the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party was Marshal Sokari Harry, whose tenure lasted until his controversial exit three years later.
Ake was returned in 2008 as the state's party Chair only to be dismissed from office on 15 April 2013.