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Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Thursday, said it was unfair for President Bola Tinubu to reward the former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike with ministerial position, where, they said, he didn’t contribute much to Rivers APC, insisting he only ran to the party to save his dying political career.
According to them, Wike deserved no praise for the growth of the party in the state for any reason whatsoever.
In a statement in Abuja by Rivers State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Darlington Nwajulu, on behalf of the party leaders, the chieftains said the formation and growth of the APC in the state took “the efforts of several loyal members, who mostly lost their lives in the struggle to ensure a solid party structure in the state.”
Particularly, the party leaders further noted that it was unfair for President Bola Tinubu to reward a man who piloted affairs when the party faced a lot of onslaughts in the state.
“Our growth from 2015 to 2019 was 23.8 per cent, closing the huge gap of 2015 presidential election. Then the 2023 presidential election came in with additional 80,881 votes in favour of the APC in Rivers State.
“The question is, where is the helping hand of former Governor Wike? Can he claim to have helped Rivers APC with only 80,881 votes, when our growth showed organic leap since 2019?
“Can a non-party man take over a national ruling party in a state, simply because he claim to have helped the national party in his state with just 80,881 votes when such claims couldn’t even be substantiated with empirical data ?”, the chieftains questioned.
The party leaders maintained that Wike pitched tents with the APC to salvage his dying political career, saying, “there is evidence to prove that Wike did not work for the APC. When he found out that his political career was gone, he decided to pitch his tent with APC, just to have a comfort zone to rob the APC in Rivers State.”(agency)/SHARE THIS
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