Strong APC Member Speaks on Wike Leaving PDP to Join Ruling Party

• An APC leader in Rivers, Augustine Wokocha, has publicly dismissed requests for the former governor, Nyesom Wike, to switch sides and head the state’s opposition party
• Wokocha faulted calls for Wike to take a prime position in the Rivers state chapter of the APC
• Since the emergence of Bola Tinubu as president, Wike has met the Nigerian leader in Abuja more than once

Port Harcourt, Rivers state - Augustine Wokocha, a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and coordinator of the now-defunct Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima Grassroot Independent Campaign Council in Rivers state, has said he is not opposed to Nyesom Wike joining the APC if he desires to.

Wike is the immediate past governor of Rivers state and is presently not on good terms with his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Vanguard reported.

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Speaking at a briefing in Port Harcourt on Friday, June 23, Wokocha said although he has no problem with Wike joining his party, the party has a leader and is not in search of one, The Punch reported.

Wokocha, a former commissioner for power, said:

“Candidly, politics is the more the merrier. So, Wike coming to the APC is a welcome development.

"What is an aberration is to say Wike should come and take over the party. This is the same party that its members were hounded like grasshoppers by the man who is being invited to join the party today.

“It was the same Wike who said APC is cancer stage four and the PDP is malaria. But he is welcome if he has suddenly realised that our cancer is better than the malaria he is suffering from.”

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“We’re ready to receive Wike into APC,” top party chieftain reveals

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the APC in Rivers expressed readiness to receive the former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, if he decides to defect to the ruling party.

A chieftain of the APC and former Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Chief Tony Okocha stated this at a news briefing in Port Harcourt.

The chieftain further urged the Rivers former governor not to delay his move to the APC while noting Wike has the right to join any party of his choice.

Source: Legit.ng