2023 Election: Fresh Trouble Swells in APC Camp Over Wike’s Growing Influence

2023 Election: Fresh Trouble Swells in APC Camp Over Wike’s Growing Influence

  • Some APC members in Rivers state have condemned the relationship between the state governor, Nyesom Wike and some southwest governors
  • The aggrieved members, which included the state house of assembly and house of representatives members, called on the party's presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to stop romancing Wike
  • They said APC leaders that visited the PDP governor on his invitation are practically campaigning for the governor with the praises they reign on him

Port Harcourt, Rivers - Some stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south-south region, particularly in Rivers state, including aspirants, have called on the party’s presidential candidate and southwest governors to stop romancing Nyesom Wike.

The national and state house of assembly and other party faithful said members of the APC in the state find it discouraging to see APC leaders that they look up to dealing with a known political opponent, Governor Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Vanguard reported.

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Fresh crisis rocks APC over Wike's relationship with party leaders Photo Credit: Nyesom Wike, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The aggrieved party members said the leaders go as far as inaugurating projects on Wike’s invitation, thereby boosting the chances of the PDP in Rivers with their praises on the governor ahead of the general election.

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The candidates spoke at a one-day consultative meeting of the south-south executive committee, where the APC national vice chairman of the zone, Victor Giadom, presided over Port Harcourt.

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They also alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari and the party's national working committee have neglected the Rivers state chapter of the party.

They said the party's national chairman, Adamu Abdullahi-led APC, had failed to meet the stakeholders in the state over pressing issues.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng