APC Protests Wike’s Influence Within Its Ranks
Information reaching Naija News House says that APC Protests Wike’s Influence Within Its Ranks
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has protested what it described as the overbearing influence of the former governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike, on the party’s activities, especially at the national level.
The party’s protest was contained in an Open Letter, addressed to President Tinubu, signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Comrade Darlington Nwauju, on Friday, and made available to journalists in Abuja, alleging attempts by some elements to hijack the party on behalf of the former governor.
“We wish to clear the air that Gov Wike did not deliver any value to our dear Rivers State APC,” the letter read.
It also called on the President to reject former Governor Wike’s overtures to stealthily foist himself on the party in order to take control of its structures in the state.
It warned President Tinubu to be wary of Wike and his cohorts, saying the former governor’s claims of working to favour the party now will only undermine loyal and dedicated APC members and other stakeholders.
Continuing, the group recalled that the former governor had in the past meted out unquantifiable brutality on members and families of the APC in Rivers State with countless casualties.
“Mr. President Sir, we wish to recall that the 2015 presidential election melted Unquantifiable brutality on members and families of APC in Rivers State with
countless casualties. Yet the Rivers APC resisted the onslaught of former Governor Wike led aggression on innocent party followers and members.”
The Rivers State APC shrugged off efforts to accord recognition to Wike following the party’s election victory in the state. It said “Dear Mr. President, we wish to clear the air that Gov Wike did not deliver any value to our dear Rivers State APC, rather he fought against our dear Rivers APC.”
The chapter urged Tinubu as “a consistent party man who built your ideals of party growth and sustainability on practical people-oriented philosophy, and a known rewarder of stewardship, to resist former Governor Wike “because he has no political ideology as script he follows.
“We know that your leadership will not allow those who believe in political thuggery, those known by local and international community as perpetual abusers of our democratic stability and mischief markers, whose thrive is money mongering to highjack our dear Rivers APC because they now see party politics as tradeable commodity,” the Rivers APC said.
