“Wike is not in APC. People say Wike has decamped to the APC. They also say that the 27 lawmakers currently fighting with Fubara have defected to the APC. I need to make this clear to everyone. Much as I wish to have them in my fold, none of them has agreed to join us.”
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Dr. Tony Okocha, has stressed that FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, is not a member of his party.
He stated that Wike will never leave the opposition party, asserting, “he has always said that the PDP made him what he is. He has always said that he would remain there.”
Okocha was particularly firm in declaring Wike’s commitment to the PDP: “Wike will never leave the PDP. He is an ardent believer in the PDP. He is not likely to leave that group.”
During a press briefing in Abuja, Okocha also clarified that the 27 Rivers lawmakers currently engaged in a political struggle with Governor Siminalayi Fubara are not APC members either.
“People say Wike has decamped to the APC. They also say that the 27 lawmakers currently fighting with Fubara have defected to the APC. I need to make this clear to everyone. Much as I wish to have them in my fold, none of them has agreed to join us.”
He continued, “I am the one who should know if they did. But, clearly, they have not. What the lawmakers did was a political gimmick. I tried to woo them, but they kept vacillating and did not. To defect, they must go to their wards, register, and obtain their membership cards. None of them has done that.”
Okocha noted that Wike is a member of the Renewed Hope Agenda, explaining, “In Rivers, I am 001 in the APC, but in the Renewed Hope Agenda, I am 002. Wike is 001.”
He spoke on Wike’s considerable influence in Rivers politics: “Wike has done so much for Rivers, so he is strong. In the next 10 years, Wike will continue to influence the political direction in Rivers. It will be difficult to uproot him. Aside from his many projects scattered throughout the state, he has touched people’s lives directly. Such people will always be behind him.”
Okocha described Wike as a politician who aligns with every good cause, regardless of party affiliation: “Once the cause is good and will give him a platform to serve his people, Wike will be part of it.”
Leave feedback about this