This work is focused on Leadership and Governance in Rivers State: The case study of Okrika Local Government Area 1999-2015. It intends to examine the attitude and character of a true leader in Okrika Local Government Area and to interrogate the Leadership style towards achieving some levels of development. It also provides to conceptual framework for proper understanding of the dynamics of a Leader and the synergy between the followers and the Leadership. The work intends to reinvigorate the dynamism interest in good Leadership to actualize the benefits derivable from good Leadership styles. This is because bad Leadership breeds poor followership and retards development whereas good Leadership ushers in sustained economic development. The work will involve the application of various theories of development to bring to fore the needed areas of proper infusion of good ideas to the good of the Local Government.