Is this a dejavu of sought, a replica of the wooing of Governor Chibuike Amaechi prior to Muhammadu Buhari’s victory over Goodluck Jonathan.
Whatever it is, it appears that the Rivers State chapter of the APC is not happy with the development.
The members of the party in Rivers State on Thursday accused Governor Wike of perfecting plans to defect to the party through the back door.
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This claim comes in a statement by the party’s spokesman in Rivers State, Darlington Nwauju, in Port Harcourt.
According to Nwauju, the state Governor has ordered council chairmen in the state to canvass votes for the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu in the coming presidential election.
APC Is Surprised
Nwauju’s allegations is coming days after the presidential campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state accused Wike of working for the APC.
He says it is surprising to the APC that Wike who frequently attacks the party will want to join it.
Laughable Claim
The Commissioner for Information in the state, Chris Finebone, however, described the claims that the Governor is looking for a back door to join the APC as laughable.
Finebone claimed that it was the APC that was running after the governor.
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He said: “The high-wire politics of Governor Wike is beyond the infantile understanding of little chaps in Rivers APC and their collaborators.
“Hence, the different wild conjectures.
“The governor holds (all) the aces and is always ahead of them.
“Governor Wike and all of us remain solid members of PDP. Losing sleep over who we will vote for president shouldn’t be their headache but if they had chosen to do so, so be it.”
