Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers state – Tony Okocha has dismissed claims that the structure of the party in the state has been indirectly handed over to the FCT Minister – Nyesom Wike.
Okocha in a statement on Monday said the claims are false as Wike is not even a member of the APC.
According to him, Wike has not indicated interest in joining the APC, adding that he remains a bonafide member of the PDP.
Part of his statement reads,
“If you are talking about an alliance, I aligned with Nyesom Wike and I am still aligning with him. The issue of handing over the party to Nyesom Wike; he is not a member of the APC for crying out loud and everybody knows that he is a staunch founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“He has boasted times without number that he has benefited a lot from the PDP and that he was not in a hurry to leave the party. I am not aware; he hasn’t mentioned it to me and he has not mentioned it to anybody.
“Of course, he is not a man that will hide a decision like that from Nigerians. If Wike wishes at any time to enter any other political party different from the PDP, Nigerians will hear; Nigerians will know.
“So, as we speak, he is a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party. For anybody to assume that the President is handing over APC structure to a PDP member, that person will be missing the point.
